BetaTalks - End of Fellowship Project Showcase by NYC’s Civic Innovation Fellows 2019-2020
Channel: BetaNYC
Date: 11/06/2020

** About the event **

We understand the profound compounding pain our communities are experiencing. As we mourn, reflect, organize, and act, BetaNYC invites you to hear from our latest cohort of Civic Innovation Fellows (CIF). Through a partnership with CUNY Service Corps and the Manhattan Borough President, Civic Innovation Fellows are trained to use technology to bring about a better society — we mentor them to help us lead, work, and volunteer.

Join our diverse cohort who have spent the last nine months in an immersive hands-on classroom learning about civics, urban policy, technology, data, and service design, in service of ALL.

Of our 59 alumni fellows, over 90% are immigrants or of color; 45% identify as women. Come learn about the SIXTH cohort and their 2020 projects. This year’s fellows are from Queens College, John Jay, City Tech, and LaGuardia Community College, hailing from NYC, New Jersey, and Long Island.

Our fellows consistently demonstrate how diversity fuels insight and innovation.

Lighting talks include:
 * Launching RADAR - Ishrat Chowdhury: Queens College - 2020
 * Story Map for CB Membership Data - Stephanie Lovett: CityTech 2021
 * Story Map on Religious Facilities Findings - Onedeige James: LaGuardia Community College
 * 59 Boards to increase civic engagement - Srijana Tamang: Queens College
 * Attendee analysis of NYC School of Data 2020 - Gabby Langston: City Tech 2020
 * Transitioning Community Boards to digital workflows - Zhi He, Civic Innovation Lab Manager

** About the Civic Innovation Fellows Program **

The Civic Innovation Fellowship (CIF) is BetaNYC’s immersive civic tech training program where an annual cohort of qualified fellows work on data, technology and design challenges inside New York City government. BetaNYC has been running CIF in partnership with the CUNY Service Corps and Office of the Manhattan Borough President for six years! Over the years, our students have hailed from 10 CUNY campuses, including Lehman, Queens, Hunter, City College, City Tech, LaGuardia Community, Medgar Evers, John Jay, the College of Staten Island, and Macaulay Honors. With headquarters in the Manhattan Borough President’s Office, we structure the program in two distinct semesters: a civic tech bootcamp, and applied work projects.

Read more about our fellowship on our blog at https://beta.nyc/2020/05/22/reflecting-on-five-years-of-fellowship/ 


ABOUT BETA NYC
BetaNYC is a civic organization dedicated to improving lives in New York through civic design, technology, and data. We envision an informed and empowered public that can leverage civic design, technology, and data to hold government accountable, and improve their economic opportunity. https://beta.nyc/