Fourth Annual Brigade Congress
Code for America Brigade Congress will convene virtually this year with civic tech enthusiasts from across our Network. At the event, you'll connect with Brigade Network volunteers, government and community partners, as well as civic tech professionals from across the country. Together, we'll learn the skills we need to level-up our work in the civic tech ecosystem and our local communities. With a packed agenda filled with training sessions, free-form unconference sessions, and lightning talks, attendees will share their vision, values and what’s next for our national Brigade Network.
This year we’re going virtual with panels, keynotes, and training running Tuesday - Thursday, then moving into a full schedule of community-led presentations, unconference sessions, and more from Friday - Sunday.
AGENDA
Tuesday October 13 at 7:00 pm est/ 4:00 pm pst
Congress Week: Opening Keynote with Amanda Renteria
Wednesday October 14 at 7:00 pm est/ 4:00 pm pst
Qualitative Research and Healing Justice with Aditi Joshi and Taranamol Kaur
During this session, Code for America Researchers Taranamol and Aditi will discuss the Code for America Qualitative Research Practice Guide, with an emphasis on trauma-informed practices. They will introduce the concept of healing as a means of justice, trauma-informed care, and non-extractive research in our work. They will also discuss how to show up for research participants in this current moment in a way that supports and cares for them.
Thursday October 15 at 7:00 pm est/ 4:00 pm pst
Intro to Web Accessibility & Building Surveys, Dashboards, and Crowd Sourced Maps with Code for America's ArcGIS Software with Melanie Mazanec and Nick Floersch
Join Brigade members across the Network for a combination talk of Melanie Mazanec teaching a useful Introduction to Web Accessibility, and Nick Floersch showing attendees how to leverage the powerful ArcGIS software to easily produce map products.
Friday October 16, 2020
1:30 pm est/ 10:30 am pst
Opening Remarks
2:00 pm est/ 11:00 am pst
Facilitate your distributed meetings like a podcast host
Brigade 2.0 - Taking agency of your Brigade
3:00 pm est/ 12:00 pm pst
Project Index: Make your open source project visible
BIPOC Listening Session with Amanda
4:00 pm est/ 1:00 pm pst
Lightning Talks 1
Rapidly Deployable Emergency Court Forms During COVID-19: MassAccess & Document Assembly Line
4:30 pm est/ 1:30 pm pst
Police Reform and Racial Justice with People Budgeting
5:00 pm est/ 2:00 pm pst
Community Design Thinking Workshops for 50+ people
6:00 pm est/ 3:00 pm pst
Keynote: Mutale Nkonde
7:00 pm est/ 4:00 pm pst
Happy Hour/ Unconference Explanations
Saturday October 17, 2020
12:30 pm est/ 9:30 am pst
Welcome/ Code of Conduct
1:00 pm est/ 10:00 am pst
Keynote: Jeannette Eicks
2:00 pm est/ 11:00 am pst
Meet the National Advisory Council: Our past, present, and future
Service as a Service: Partnering on old problems in government, non-profits, and health
3:00 pm est/ 12:00 pm pst
Iterating Together: finding, sharing and improving the resources for brigades
Reflection on 2020 Priority Action Areas & interactive discussion on our priorities for 2021
4:00 pm est/ 1:00 pm pst
Lightning Talks 2
5:00 pm est/ 2:00 pm pst
Unconference 1
Be a volunteer citizen advocate - Introduction to local advocacy
6:00 pm est/ 3:00 pm pst
Unconference 2
Ka Maka ʻĪnana - Towards Placed-based, human centered and Indigenous design
7:00 pm est/ 4:00 pm pst
What will it look like when we have succeeded? Interactive session on our theory of change
Unconference 3
Sunday October 18, 2020
12:30 pm est/ 9:30 am pst
Welcome/ Code of Conduct
1:00 pm est/ 10:00 am pst
Keynote 2: Amy Jo Hutchison
2:00 pm est/ 11:00 am pst
Unconference 4
Panel: Reflections on criminal record clearance projects
3:00 pm est/ 12:00 pm pst
Unconference 5
The Resource Directory Dilemma: or, Why there isn't, probably won't be, and maybe shouldn't be a Yelp for Social Services
3:30 pm est/ 12:30 pm pst
Teach In: Handling Conflict and Creating Inclusive Spaces
How to create sustainable technology for your Brigade
4:00 pm est/ 1:00 pm pst
Unconference 6
5:00 pm est/ 2:00 pm pst
Keynote: Ending Fireside Chat