Brigade Congress 2022

2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
Welcome and opening remarks

3:00pm – 4:15pm CT
Session #1

• Network Organizing Branches & Communities of Practice
  with Sung Kim
  How do we take the next steps in ReVisioning to build more relationships, opportunities to learn from one another, and tackle self-governance of the Network?
• Prototyping RADAR, a Community Data Help Desk for New York City: Building Capacity from Open Data
  with Zhi Keng He
  Since the launch of the Research and Data Assistant Request (RADARs) service in 2018, BetaNYC has consulted on 180+ requests for data assistance and research from NYC community members, community-based organizations, elected officials, academic institutions, media organizations, and community members.

4:15pm – 4:45pm CT
Break

4:45pm – 6:00pm CT
Session #2

• Howdy Partner: Examining the Partnership-First Model
  with Mellina Stoney
  Relationships are at the foundation of our impact as a Network. Without the right community partner, our work cannot reach the people whose lives we want to make better. But what does “partnership-first” mean?
• The Inclusion Bridge
  with Dynasti Hunt
  How to build a space of inclusion and belonging by building relationships that honor the multiple dimensions of a volunteer’s identity. We will spend time exploring what it means to get beyond your comfort zone to initiate deeper conversations, how to connect with someone who doesn’t have the same lived experience as you, and what exactly does it mean to acknowledge multiple dimensions of diversity.
  

4:45pm – 5:30pm CT
Impact Sprints virtual showcase

This will be held in the Library on Gather. This is your opportunity to go and check out the Impact Sprints projects, meet the project managers, and sign up to join a project.

6:00pm CT
Welcome receptions
(in-person and virtual)

8:30am – 9:30am CT
Breakfast

9:30am – 10:00am CT
Welcome

• How government can better serve the public in a digital age
  with Greg Jordan-Detamore
  Have you ever wondered why a lot of government websites often struggle to meet people’s needs? Maybe you’ve heard someone who works inside the government express frustration at the systems they have to work with. Or perhaps a city council member or department head has reached out to your brigade asking how to improve government digital technology.
  

10:00am – 11:15am CT
Session #3

• Direct Democracy Teach-in! Tales and tools from the Direct Democracy Pilot cohort
  with Sierra Ramirez
  For most of this year, a stellar cohort representing Chicago, Fresno, Sacramento, and Oakland have been studying and beginning to apply principles of Direct Democracy! Come and learn about the slow & steady but transformative approach to organizing teams and networks!
• Case studies: Learnings from state partnerships in integrated benefits and record clearance
  with Sree Prasad and Shayna Cummings
• Unconference session #1

11:45am – 1:00pm CT
Session #4

• Community-Centered Storytelling
  with Cole Coleman and Em Burnett
  So you’ve got a great project and you want more people to know about it—this is the session for you! From crafting a compelling story arc to pitching local press, communications work is essential to getting more attention on your projects. We’ll work on building out a narrative of your Brigrade’s project that’s rooted in your local community.
• Identifying Problems and Gaps with Research, then Addressing Social Challenges with Technology
  with Nicole Dan and Caroline Nickerson
  Florida Community Innovation (FCI) is sharing their unique model of collaborating with undergraduate and graduate students for validated research identifying social problems and resource gaps, which are then addressed with civic tech projects led by young professional volunteers and paid student workers.
• Unconference session #2

1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
Lunch

• Impact Sprints in-person showcase
  Join us in the ballroom of TechArtista (in-person) to learn about the Impact Sprints projects and even join them.
  

2:00pm – 6:00pm CT
Broadband panel and activities

3:00pm – 4:15pm CT
Unconference session #3

4:15pm – 4:45pm
Book signing
“The Victory of Greenwood” by Carlos Moreno

4:45pm – 6:00pm
Unconference session #4

8:30 – 9:30 am CT
Breakfast

9:30 – 10:00 am CT
Welcome

10:00 – 11:15 am CT
Session #5

• Practices: A working session
  with Sung Kim
  This is a true working session. We have a lot of questions that we need to answer to get a better sense of priorities across the Network and how we might approach concrete next steps. Come add your voice to this working session, the results of which will inform what we take on post-Brigade Congress for Communities of Practice and more.

• Ecosystem mapping/Meeting your elected officials
  with Zachary Antoyan
• Poetry jam with Creative Commons, open licenses and civic tech
  with Jennifer Miller, Timid Robot Zehta, Rene Joy, and Matt Zagaja
  Tap into your inner poet and learn how Creative Commons Licenses can help you live out the Network’s commitment to Strive to build tools that are open and free technology for public use and prioritize activities that aim to foster public use, not private gain. Learn how to use the Creative Commons License Chooser to be more generous than copyright in sharing your work and that of your Brigade.

11:15 – 11:45 am CT
Break

11:45 am – 1:00 pm CT
Session #6

• Greenwood Mapping
  with Code for Tulsa
  Code for Tulsa in partnership with Tri-City Collective is using 100-year-old map & property data to tell a fuller picture about life in the Greenwood before and after 1921.
  
• ReVisioning and R911
  with Micah Mutrux
• Unconference Session #5

1:00 – 1:30 pm CT
Town hall and wrap up