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title: About
description: Progressive Hack Night is a free event in New York to build an intersection of activism and technology.
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<h1 id='about'><i class='fa fa-info-circle'></i> About</h1>
<p><strong>Progressive Hack Night</strong> is a free event in New York to build an intersection of activism and technology.</p>
<p>We are a group of creatives, activists, and technologists who want to make a more progressive, equitable society.</p>
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<h3 id='what-happens'>What happens at a hack night?</h3>
<p>Progressive Hack Night in NYC starts every other Wednesday at 6pm. We meet at ThoughtWorks on the 15th floor of 99 Madison Ave in Mid Town NYC. The event is free, and the invitation is open to anyone, especially folks who aren’t programmers.</p>
<p>Here's what happens at the Progressive Hack Night:</p>
<p><strong>6:30pm – Socializing and food</strong></p>
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<p>We meet at the work spaces in ThoughtWorks NYC. There's directions on the walls and boards for you to follow.</p>
<p>Food is very important for Progressive Hack Night. Because we’re meeting during the dinner hour, food is always provided, usually pizza or empanadas. We want to make sure people are happy and fed, and eating together is a great way to break the ice and bond with other attendees..</p>
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<p><strong>6:50pm – Welcome and introductions</strong></p>
<p>We get started around 6:50pm with a brief welcome and introduction to the event and then kick off the introductions.</p>
<p>Everyone in the room introduces themselves and tells the group why they’re here.</p>
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<small><em>Folks at the 2nd Prog Hack Night</em></small>
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<p><strong>7:00pm - Announcements & Self-reflection </strong></p>
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<p>Next, we hold an open floor for announcements for progressive, civic tech, and open government related things. This could be plugging other events, mentioning newsworthy articles and more recently, job announcements in the government and civic tech space.</p>
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<p><strong>7:10pm – Presentation with Q&A</strong></p>
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<p>Just about every week, we have a feature presentation that lasts about 15 minutes, with an open question & answer (Q&A) session after.</p>
<p>Presenters can be any government agency, non-profit, company or group who’ve made use of open government data or built a civic technology application. Anyone can propose a talk, and I often reach out to presenters who would be a good fit. For every speaker, we provide some clear <a href="/speaker-submissions.html">speaker guidelines</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>7:30pm – 9:30pm - “And now for the hacking portion of the evening”</strong></p>
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<p>Once the presentation wraps up, the format of the event switches up to what <a href='http://derekeder.com/'>Derek Eder</a> describe as a mini-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackathon">hackathon</a>. People are invited to break off into groups and work on projects.</p>
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<p><a href="http://progressivehacknight.org/breakouts.html">Breakout groups</a> that last more than a few weeks are listed on the <a href="http://progressivehacknight.org/">progressivehacknight.org</a> website, and are divided into two tracks: learning groups and working groups.</p>
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<p><strong>Discussion Groups</strong> - Discussion groups are for new folks, those who want to learn technology skills, discuss issues, or refine their civic app ideas.</p>
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<p><strong>Working Groups</strong> - Topic-specific working groups led by facilitators to guide conversations, answer questions, and build teams for civic apps.</p>
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<p>When 9:30pm rolls around, we all head home and do it all over again next week.</p>
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<h3 id='everyone'>Everyone is welcome!</h3>
<p>Not a techie? <strong>That's ok!</strong> We encourage non-technical folks to pair up and <a href='/breakouts.html'>learn</a> from our community's designers and developers. We've seen time and time again, the best civic projects come from teams with a diverse background.</p>
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<p><strong>Remember</strong>, there's much more to making a great app than just coding.</p>
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<!-- <h3 id='organized'>How are you organized?</h3>
<p>Progressive Hacknight is organized by Derek Eder, Christopher Whitaker and (formerly) Juan-Pablo Velez. You can <a href='/contact.html'>contact them here</a>.</p>
<strong>Leadership Council</strong><br />
<p>Every month, we hold an open <strong><a href='/leadership-council.html'>Leadership Council Meeting</a></strong> to discuss new ideas and ways to make the hack night better. Anyone is welcome to join! <a href='/leadership-council.html'>More info »</a></p>
<strong>Finances</strong><br />
<p>Progressive Hacknight is hosted at <a href='https://www.braintreepayments.com/'>Braintree</a> and supported by our amazing <a href='/index.html#sponsors'>sponsors</a>. <a href='https://datamade.us/'>DataMade</a> is our fiscal sponsor and handles all of our financial transactions.</p> -->
<h3 id='hack-night-model'>The Hack Night Model</h3>
<p>Hack nights anchor and grow volunteer civic hacking communities while avoiding 'hackathon fatigue'. To learn how to organize one in your city, see the <a href="http://www.codeforamerica.org/blog/2013/07/24/brigade-101-how-to-hack-night/">Code for America blog</a>.</p>
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<li><a href='http://www.meetup.com/Code-for-Hampton-Roads/'>Hampton Roads, VA</a></li>
<li><a href='http://lanyrd.com/profile/mysociety/'>London, UK</a></li>
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<li><a href='http://www.meetup.com/Code-for-America-Philly/'>Philadelphia, PA</a></li>
<li><a href='http://code4puertorico.org'>Puerto Rico</a></li>
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<li><a href='http://www.meetup.com/code4sac/'>Sacramento, CA</a></li>
<li><a href='http://opensatx.org'>San Antonio, TX</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.meetup.com/Code-for-San-Francisco-Civic-Hack-Night/'>San Francisco, CA</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.meetup.com/Code-for-DC/'>Washington, DC</a></li>
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<h3 id='special-thanks'>Special thanks</h3>
<p>Progressive Hacknight would not have been possible without the generous help from many people and organizations. Very special thanks goes to:</p>
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<li><p><a href='https://twitter.com/jpvelez'>Juan-Pablo Velez</a>, for founding Progressive Hacknight, co-organizing the event, providing spiritual guidance, calling out jargon, lining up amazing speakers, fighting for independence and generally instituting an atmosphere of relentless curiosity wrapped in love and smothered with sarcasm from March 2012 - July 2014.</p></li>
<li><p><a href='http://webitects.com/'>Webitects</a>, for hosting the first 9 hack nights at their office from March 2012 - May 2012.</p></li>
<li><p><a href='http://www.1871.com/'>1871</a> for hosting Progressive Hacknight (back when we were known as Open Gov Hack Night) for 2 ½ years from May 2012 - January 2015.</p></li>
<li><p><a href='http://www.smartchicagocollaborative.org/'>Smart Chicago Collaborative</a>, for <a href='https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ75D_m2b5GvJAG0us4XS5QvIMBSoqtH1'>recording</a>, documenting and writing over 100 Progressive Hacknight blog posts and sponsoring the work of Progressive Hacknight Organizer <a href='https://twitter.com/civicwhitaker'>Christopher Whitaker</a> for more than two years. Smart Chicago was also responsible for hosting Progressive Hacknight at <a href='http://www.1871.com/'>1871</a> for our first nine months there and sponsored several events. They continue to provide tech support for civic tech projects via their <a href='http://www.smartchicagocollaborative.org/work/ecosystem/developer-resources/hosted-web-space/'>hosted web space</a>, <a href='http://www.smartchicagocollaborative.org/work/ecosystem/documenters/'>documenter</a>, and <a href='http://www.cutgroup.org/'>CUTGroup</a> programs.</p></li>
<li><p><a href='https://www.linkedin.com/pub/aya-o-connor/6/3b2/8b6'>Aya O'Connor</a> for her help in brand strategy and creating the <a href='/images/logo/logo_lg.png'>Progressive Hacknight logo</a>.</p></li>
<li><p><a href='http://www.thoughtworks.com/'>Thoughtworks</a> for sponsoring food from May 2013 - March 2015.</p></li>
<li><p><a href='http://GitHub.com/'>GitHub</a> for sponsoring food from May 2014 - February 2016.</p></li>
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<h3 id='press'>Press</h3>
<p>Our group has been covered in both local and national media. Here are some highlights:</p>
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<p><a href="http://abc7chicago.com/news/hacktivists-working-to-make-sense-of-chicago-police-data-dump-/1377315/">Hacktivists working to make sense of Chicago police data dump</a>
<br />June 8, 2016
<br />Ben Bradley, ABC 7 Chicago</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.contributoria.com/issue/2015-03/54b327cf43fb89c564000145">Hacking for the planet</a>
<br />March 1, 2015
<br />Eric T. Halvorson, Contributoria</p>
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<p><a href="http://opentwincities.org/2014/08/30/lessons-from-chicago-what-can-be-built/">Lessons from Chicago: What Can Be Built</a>
<br />Aug 30, 2014
<br />Bill Bushey, Open Twin Cities</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ztTMaDjCz4">Open Government Hack Night</a> (video)
<br />May 27, 2014
<br />City of Chicago TV</p>
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<p><a href="http://gapersblock.com/thegrid/2014/04/01/open-gov-hack-night/index.php">Open Gov Hack Night</a> (video)
<br />Apr 1, 2014
<br />The Grid, Gapers Block</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/local/ct-red-young-chicago-hackers-20130920,0,5305032.story">Can you hack it?</a>
<br />Sep 20, 2013
<br />Tracy Swartz, RedEye Chicago</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.wbez.org/news/%E2%80%98hoodies%E2%80%99-%E2%80%98suits%E2%80%99-and-others-behind-chicago-government-20-106458">The ‘hoodies’, the ‘suits’ and others behind Chicago Government 2.0</a>
<br />Apr 3, 2013
<br />Elliott Ramos, WBEZ</p>
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<p><a href="http://chicagopolicyreview.org/2013/04/01/policy-radio-special-edition-derek-eder-juan-pablo-velez-and-opengov-hackers-on-open-data-and-civic-minded-applications/">Derek Eder, Juan Pablo Velez, and OpenGov Hackers on Open Data and Civic-Minded Applications</a>
<br />Apr 1, 2013
<br />Julie Cooper, Chicago Policy Review</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.timeout.com/chicago/things-to-do/open-government-hack-night">Open Government Hack Night</a>
<br />Jan 16 2013
<br />Jake Malooley, TimeOut Chicago</p>
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