Civic Tech Chat

We're joined by a panel of folks from [Open Savannah](https://twitter.com/opensavannah) for a conversation about how their brigade started, how they communicate, and how they approach community organizing. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Open Savannah Website](https://opensavannah.org/) ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/Lonely_Hearts_Challenge/Monkey_Warhol_-_Tumbleweeds)

We dive into a discussion with [Drake Hougo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhougo/) and [Sean O'Bannon](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-obannon/) Co-Founders of Pulse, a platform meant to help improve civic engagement between consitutents and legislators. ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/Lonely_Hearts_Challenge/Monkey_Warhol_-_Tumbleweeds)

We engage in a conversation with [Kalen Gallagher](https://twitter.com/kalengallagher), School Board Member, and candidate for the San Jose City Council. We talk policy, civic tech, inclusion, and what it's like to be a candidate for office. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Kalen's Campaign site](http://www.kalengallagher.com/) ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/Lonely_Hearts_Challenge/Monkey_Warhol_-_Tumbleweeds)

This week we talk to [Amenity Applewhite](https://twitter.com/amenity), Product Manager with the [City of Austin](http://www.austintexas.gov/). We chat about traversing through skill learning, facing adversity, and modernizing services delivery at the city. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Susan Fowler](https://www.susanjfowler.com/home/) - [Austin Alpha site](http://alpha.austin.gov/) ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/Lonely_Hearts_Challenge/Monkey_Warhol_-_Tumbleweeds)

This week we talk to [Kent Wyatt](https://twitter.com/kwyatt23) founder of [Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)](https://twitter.com/ELGL50) about the 'why' that drives him forward, the ELGL organization, and the [GovLove podcast](https://twitter.com/GovLovePodcast). This podcast swap seeks to help build bridges between the local government professional community and the civic tech movement. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [Vendor Directory](http://elgl.org/vendor-school-directory/) - [Diversity Dashboard](http://elgl.org/diversity-dashboard/) - [GovLove with Leigh Tami](http://elgl.org/2017/06/30/podcast-harnessing-the-power-of-data-with-leigh-tami-cincinnati-oh/) - [GovLove with Brendan Babb & Sam Edelstein](http://elgl.org/2017/10/20/podcast-innovation-doesnt-have-to-be-fancy-with-sam-edelstein-brendan-babb/)

Civic Tech Chat was at The [Code for America](https://codeforamerica.org) Summit in Oakland California! This week we feature a series of 18 interviews with folks at the event. We talk about what they're working on, what civic tech means to them, and critically... what brigade sticker they fancy. ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/Lonely_Hearts_Challenge/Monkey_Warhol_-_Tumbleweeds)

We'll take a listen to a lightning talk that our host [Ryan Koch](https://twitter.com/ryan_koch) gave at the Code for America Summit in Oakland California last Friday (06/01/2018). The talk is focused on the idea of citizen technologists running for office making use of Ryan's own story as an example. It hopes serve as a point of inspiration for folks like you to take on a run of your own. ### Resources and Shoutouts: - [K-12 Computer Science Framework Website](https://k12cs.org/) - [K-12 Computer Science Framework Document](https://k12cs.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/K%E2%80%9312-Computer-Science-Framework.pdf) ##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/Lonely_Hearts_Challenge/Monkey_Warhol_-_Tumbleweeds)