October 8, 2016

Hi Team! Quick updates from this week.

Joe Breslin (@joepbreslin) is leading the effort in providing a streamlined way of getting new people up to speed about our community, leading them to projects that resonate with them. Join him in #operations if you want to help out!

Vigie Ramos Rios (@vigie) has started talking to team leaders, asking them how the network can be of help to their projects. We are doing needs assessment as we move forward into building on what we have to know how we can best help your projects. We are really excited to know more about your work! If you have an app idea, we would love to know about it!

Dan Nicodemo (@danodemo) is working on a primer to coach leaders on how to talk to the media about Progressive Coders Network. will be out soon!

We are very energized that a lot of people are so engaged in creating a more progressive society. So many projects and ways where we can all take the journey forward. If you are looking for things to work on, I encourage you to join any one of these initiatives:

Volunteering opportunities

Join the phonebank event this weekend with Eve and Elijah (@evepizza / @elijah) as they lead the effort in calling every household in Colorado. RSVP here

CarpoolVote.com is looking for Volunteer Coordinators and Front End Dev volunteers reachout to Sasjkia (@sasjkia) for more info. (watch her presentation here)

ChangeMKR is also for coders and activists that will help build a tinder-like app that shows you events, initiatives, and issues around your area that will engage people. Reach out to Jim MicBride (@jimmcbride13) for more info (watch his talk here)

Data Wrangling volunteers needed to separate facts from fiction, Political AI will fact-check politicians’ statements in real-time. Contact Jerome Sim (@jerome_ai_politech) for more info.

Revolution Hub is about to do an initial release at the end of October. Contact Pat Shea (@thepatshea) or Jay Ponti (@jayponti) if you can do Alpha Testing. (More info about RevHub)

Finally, the amazing Issue Voter is looking for volunteers with experience on Ad Tech. Really exciting things happening! Let Maria Yuan @mariayuan or Chris Henry @chrishenry know if you’re interested.

In Solidarity,

Rapi Castillo

Progressive Coders Network