E-Democracy.org was honored to assist the Knight Foundation’s News Challenge road show on Open Government in St. Paul. Below is the video.
The deadline for submissions is March 18. They first launched with an “inspirations” phase in which Steven Clift with E-Democracy made a number of contributions.
For the event we had an impressive RSVP list and about a dozen last minute Central Corridor Neighbors Forum members who filled the slots for those unable to travel due to cold weather.
Here are the event details and attendee list:
Event Details
Please join the Knight Foundation, E-Democracy and the Saint Paul Public Library on Monday, March 4th at 11:30 am.
Free networking lunch at 11:30 am. Program begins at 12 pm.
- John Bracken, Director / Journalism & Media Innovation at the Knight Foundation will speak on the next round of the Knight News Challenge on open government and provide a forum to hear people’s ideas first hand.
Followed by brief updates:
- Steven Clift will share highlights on E-Democracy’s online Neighbor Forums outreach in Saint Paul which is building the nation’s most inclusive local online community engagement network (goal 10,000 participants)
- Kit Hadley will highlight the Saint Paul Public Library’s work in digital inclusion including the Mobile WORKplace effort and the Northstar Digital Literacy Project
- Bill Bushey with E-Democracy, will introduce Open Twin Cities, our regions new local Code for America Brigade for civic technologists and invite participation in the next CityCampMN unconference.
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We made some submissions, how about you?
Here is our main “big” idea:
https://www.newschallenge.org/open/open-government/submission/100000-participants.-local.-inclusive./