Citizenship Schools

Pursuance Project

Submitted by doug on Thu, 2018-05-03 12:21
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Organization's slogan: 
Pursuance -> Collaboration -> Justice
Civic Organization Disclaimer: 
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Pursuance is open source software that enables individuals to organize in the pursuit of shared goals. Individuals and/or existing organizations can form or join a “pursuance” to work toward a common goal. Pursuances combine secure task management and discussion features, allowing newcomers to quickly get up to speed and enabling productive team-wide collaboration. Pursuances can interact with each other, cooperating on shared goals or assigning tasks to one another.

Organizational engagement: 
Active

https://pursuanceproject.org/

Volunteer Opportunities: 
Come get involved! You can join us on our Mattermost chat server and volunteer your skills. We're especially on the lookout for: Developers (React) If you're a coder, and especially if you're proficient with React, we want you! Enter the "pursuance" Mattermost channel and tell us a bit about yourself. Pursuance's tech stack consists of React, Redux, Bootstrap; Go, Postgres, PostgREST; WebSockets; NaCl and miniLock for crypto. For more information, review the overview of the Pursuance system. Designers We're looking for designers and UX experts who can lend their keen eyes to the Pursuance team. Join us in the "pursuance" Mattermost channel and introduce yourself! Artists and creative types We're preparing a Kickstarter and trying to put together some great merch options for our backers. Handy with GIMP/Photoshop or Inkscape/Illustrator? Got an eye for creative product design? Have good ideas for designs that others can execute? Come on in to the "Creative Design" Mattermost channel and talk to us! Want other ways to get involved? There are other ways to support Pursuance: Donate to Pursuance! The Pursuance Project is a nonprofit organization of dedicated volunteers - it needs your financial support. Every bit helps! Join our Mailing List! Our monthly mails include updates on the platform's development and ways to get involved. Sign up here!
Contact information: 
team@pursuanceproject.org

Full LV Pattern Deck in Chinese (reduced filesize)

Submitted by doug on Mon, 2018-04-23 09:33
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Resource name: 
full-lv-pattern-deck-chinese-reduced
Resource type: 
Pattern cards

Towards a New Public Infrastructure

Submitted by doug on Sat, 2016-06-04 10:09
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Resource name: 
Towards a New Public Infrastructure — preprint
Resource type: 
Articles

Invitation to Join the Collective Intelligence for the Common Good Community / Network

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Invitation to join the Collective Intelligence for the Common Good Community / Network

We would like to invite you to participate in a new research and action community network that focuses on Collective Intelligence for the Common Good. We hope that our collaborative efforts will help address our shared challenges.

Project Goals: 
Develop collaborative tools, policies, etc. — and links between them — that have a positive influence in addressing local and global challenges.

Witnessing

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Pattern ID: 
397
Pattern number within this pattern set: 
397
Douglas Schuler
Public Sphere Project (CPSR)
Version: 
1
Problem: 

Every day throughout the world violence is unleashed against defenseless people, animals, habitats. Domestic violence, police or military abuse, neglect of children, the disabled, the poor

Context: 

genocide, environmental abuse, white collar crime, corruption, domestic abuse, prison, psychiatry, orphanages, old folks home, police abuse, violent crime, neglect. Occasionally these stories find public exposure. More often they do not. When they are revealed, positive actions can be -- but are infrequently -- taken.

Discussion: 

Witnessing, initially, requires presence at the scene of the transgression. Beyond that it requires making some type of record. The record can take many forms -- written, spoken, audio, video, drawings or photographs, songs, music, or theatrical presentations. The record must be conveyed because it gains significance when it becomes more public. Witnessing requires courage and perseverance. Exposing violence or criminal action exposes the perpetrator and hence the risk of retaliation is voluntarily assumed by the witness. Increasing the publicity associated with the crime increases the chances that the criminal will be prosecuted; ideally -- ultimately it would result in fewer instances of that type of crime. [it may also force the crime underground!] At the same time increasing the publicity can increase the risk to the witness. Witnessing is a legal as well as religious concept. Explain... Please note that this pattern submission is a draft at this point.

Solution: 

The act of witnessing must be supported and protected, it must have positive consequences and be prevalent if it's to be an effective tool in society.

Pattern status: 
Released
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