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The ability to navigate technology and complicated digital contexts is an increasingly necessary skillset for citizens. Digitization of government, online advocacy campaigns, and other civic tech efforts will hit hard limits if the constituency or electorate isn't comfortable using technology.

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The Influence Industry Project

The Influence Industry Project

Brunnenstraße 9, 10119 Berlin, Germany

Learn about, discover resources, and explore research on the industry using our personal data to influence citizens in political campaigns.

Center on Rural Innovation

As strategists, advocates, connectors, and champions, we collaborate with members of our Rural Innovation Network to launch initiatives and programs that support innovation, entrepreneurship, workforce development, and tech job creation in the places they call home.

All In: Data for Community Health

All In: Data for Community Health is a nationwide learning collaborative that helps communities build capacity to address the social determinants of health through multi-sector data sharing collaborations.

The Deepfake Lab

Discover how deepfakes work and the visual clues you can use to identify them. We are a group of communication designers that have created this project to demonstrate our research into making our own deep fake, and to communicate the signs you can spot to identify them.

Apolitical Microcourses

Interactive online courses for 21st century public servants. Master essential skills and earn a certificate of completion.

Ada Developers Academy

A non-profit, tuition-free coding school for women and gender diverse adults. They focus on serving low-income people, underrepresented minorities, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.

A People’s Guide to AI

A People’s Guide to AI

4126 Third St. Detroit, MI 48201

This popular education-inspired guide breaks down and contextualizes artificial intelligence technologies within structural racism — and provides hands-on exercises to help us imagine beyond, and dream up alternate and ideal futures with AI.

Access Guide

Access Guide is a friendly introduction to digital accessibility based on WCAG 2.1 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines).

BEL'S AI Initiative

BEL'S AI Initiative

Cameroon (Cameroon, Cameroun) 🇨🇲

AI literacy effort for government and other sectors in Cameroon

Abre Alcaldías

Abre Alcaldías

Latin America

Trainings and storytelling for open government in Latin America

JAAKLAC initiative

JAAKLAC initiative

Finland (Suomi) 🇫🇮

Reseaching and advocating for critical digital education and youth participation from Latin America and the Majority World

Anatomy of an AI System

An anatomical case study of the Amazon echo as a artificial intelligence system made of human labor

Digital Woman Uganda

Digital Woman Uganda empowers women and girls by promoting digital literacy, gender equality, and innovation through training, advocacy, and technological solutions.

Data Cívica

Data Cívica

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

Más datos para más personas. Usamos datos, desarrollamos tecnología y capacitamos para construir ciudadanía y organizaciones más fuertes.

CS4All

CS4All

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)

The Computer Science for All (CS4All) initiative offers a number of programs focused on helping schools to expand computer science (CS) exposure, offer access to robust CS experiences, and foster a sense of belonging in computer science for students.

Mozilla Foundation

Mozilla Foundation

Mozilla, East Evelyn Avenue, Mountain View, CA

Established in 2003, guided by the Mozilla Manifesto, the Mozilla Foundation believes the Internet is a global public resource that must remain open and accessible to all.

Data Murals

Data Murals

MIT Media Lab, Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA

After finding a strong lack of artistic examples of data presentation, we decided to make some Data Murals of our own!

Centre for Indigenous Innovation and Technology

A non-profit that works to address the underrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in the technology and innovation sectors in Canada.

Tactical Tech

Tactical Tech

Brunnenstraße 9, 10119 Berlin, Germany

Tactical Tech is a non profit that explores the political and social role of technology in our lives.

Databasic

Databasic

MIT Media Lab, Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA

DataBasic is a suite of easy-to-use web tools for beginners that introduce concepts of working with data. These simple tools make it easy to work with data in fun ways, so you can learn how to find great stories to tell.

Automating NYC

Automating NYC

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)

We want to empower New Yorkers to advocate for ADSs that work to undo unjust systems instead of encoding inequality.

Canadian Open Data Society

Canadian Open Data Society was formed around CODS - the Canadian Open Data Summit. The organization supports open data across Canada.

Digital Grassroots

A youth initiative to increase digital citizenship in local communities

Mobilisation Lab

MobLab enables global campaigners to build a more just, peaceful, and sustainable world by equipping them with strategies, tools, tactics, and partners.

Our Data Bodies

Based in marginalized neighborhoods in Charlotte, North Carolina, Detroit, Michigan, and Los Angeles, California, we look at digital data collection and our human rights, work with local communities, community organizations, and social support networks, and show how different data systems impact re-entry, fair housing, public assistance, and community development.

EveryoneOn

EveryoneOn

718 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20001

Find low-cost internet and affordable computers in your area.

Fast AI

Deep learning is transforming the world. We are making deep learning easier to use and getting more people from all backgrounds involved through our: free courses for coders, software library, cutting-edge research, and community

Vote Women

Vote Women

Kampala

Vote:Women is a leadership springboard for women to achieve their dreams. We provide a platform for support every step of the way through capability development, fundraising, and campaign management using innovation, technology and a sense of community. Vote:Women empowers women to follow their ambitions of civic leadership.

Tanzania Data Lab dlab

Tanzania Data Lab dlab

University Of Dar es Salaam Computing Centre - SED, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Promoting innovation and data literacy through a premier center of excellence

Community Lab at Open Tech Fund

Community Lab at Open Tech Fund

2025 M Street Northwest, Downtown, Washington, DC 20036

The Community Lab provides services that empower the community to become stronger and vibrant by focusing on cultivating deeper trust relationships, improving knowledge share and collaboration, and supporting and diversifying the next generation of leaders.

Centro Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Sobre Internet CLISI

Centro de Investigaciones y actividades academicas en torno a entornos digitales

NNIP Catalog of data trainings

NNIP Catalog of data trainings

The Urban Institute, L'Enfant Plaza Southwest, Washington, DC

This catalog highlights examples of training courses from around the country that advance data and technology literacy.

Discotechs

Discotechs

Detroit

At the Data DiscoTech young people learned about what data is, unique ways to create data visualizations, and how to collect and analyze data.

Tablet Comunitario

Tablet Comunitario

Mozambique (Mocambique) 🇲🇿

Empowering rural communities with digital education

Soft robotic

The Soft Robotics Toolkit grew out of research conducted at Harvard University and Trinity College Dublin which focused on developing better instructional kits for hands-on design courses (Dónal P. Holland et al. 2014).

Social Media Exchange (SMEX)

Social Media Exchange (SMEX) is a media advocacy and development organization with more than 20 years’ experience in commercial, development, and postconflict media environments

Data Zetu Intiaitive

Data Zetu Intiaitive

Tanzania, United Republic of (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania) 🇹🇿

Data Zetu (“Our Data” in Swahili) aims to empower communities to make better, more evidence-based decisions to improve their lives.

Hack Your Future

Hack Your Future

BeCentral, Cantersteen 12, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

Free 7 month program turns refugee talent into tech professionals. 85% find jobs within 6 months after graduation.

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