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MIT Center for Civic Media

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20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States

Our headquarters, located in the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, MA, USA.

September 2018

Open Civic Meeting

September 13, 2018 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until December 24, 2018

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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We host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about it.

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Civil Discourse in an Uncivil Age (Alex Heffner)

September 20, 2018 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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We’re hosting our first Civic Media Lunch of the year tomorrow starting at 12pm in the Civic space: E15-344. Our topic is “Civil Discourse in an Uncivil Age.” Our speaker, Alex Heffner,* host of “The Open Mind” on PBS, will discuss the effects of divisiveness on discourse and governance and the impact of social media, fake news and filter bubbles that polarize information intake. What are possible prescriptions to correct this vicious cycle? How can…

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Open Civic Meeting

September 20, 2018 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until December 24, 2018

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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We host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about it.

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Open Civic Meeting

September 27, 2018 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until December 24, 2018

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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We host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about it.

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October 2018

Open Civic Meeting

October 11, 2018 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until December 24, 2018

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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We host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about it.

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Open Civic Meeting

October 18, 2018 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until December 24, 2018

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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We host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about it.

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Open Civic Meeting

October 25, 2018 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until December 24, 2018

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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We host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about it.

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Fighting 21st Century Hate – ADL

October 29, 2018 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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Fighting 21st Century Hate: A 360 view with the ADL, hosted by Ethan Zuckerman Monday, October 29, 2018, 4:00pm — 5:30pm MIT Media Lab, E14 - 633, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA "To MIT and Harvard communities: Adam Neufeld, ADL’s VP Innovation and Strategy, looks forward to speaking about the state of online hate. He will talk about ADL’s Center for Technology, some of its latest cutting edge, published research and its collaborative work with tech…

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November 2018

Open Civic Meeting

November 8, 2018 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until December 24, 2018

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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We host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about it.

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Open Civic Meeting

November 15, 2018 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until December 24, 2018

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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We host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about it.

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Open Civic Meeting

November 29, 2018 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until December 24, 2018

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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We host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about it.

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December 2018

Open Civic Meeting

December 13, 2018 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until December 24, 2018

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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We host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about it.

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February 2019

Open Civic Meeting (Spring 2019)

February 14, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until May 16, 2019

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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During the semester we host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about…

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Open Civic Meeting (Spring 2019)

February 21, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until May 16, 2019

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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During the semester we host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about…

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Open Civic Meeting (Spring 2019)

February 28, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until May 16, 2019

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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During the semester we host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about…

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March 2019

Lunch Talk: Reclaiming the Internet as a Force for the Common Good

March 7, 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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Reclaiming the Internet as a Force for the Common Good: The PublicSpaces Coalition with Geert-Jan Bogaerts Thursday, March 7, 2019 12:00pm – 1:00pm Comparative Media Studies, E15-318   (3rd floor of E15, opposite side of the building from Civic!) 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02412 PublicSpaces (publicspaces.net) is reclaiming the internet as a force for the common good by building, deploying and supporting a software ecosystem that’s based on public values. We are advocating a new…

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Open Civic Meeting (Spring 2019)

March 14, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until May 16, 2019

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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During the semester we host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about…

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Open Civic Meeting (Spring 2019)

March 21, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until May 16, 2019

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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During the semester we host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about…

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April 2019

Open Civic Meeting (Spring 2019)

April 11, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until May 16, 2019

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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During the semester we host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about…

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Open Civic Meeting (Spring 2019)

April 18, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until May 16, 2019

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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During the semester we host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about…

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May 2019

Open Civic Meeting (Spring 2019)

May 9, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until May 16, 2019

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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During the semester we host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about…

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Open Civic Meeting (Spring 2019)

May 16, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until May 16, 2019

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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During the semester we host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about…

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September 2019

Stopping Ubiquitous Face Surveillance Before It’s Too Late

September 5, 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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Kade Crockford, Director of the Technology for Liberty Program at the ACLU Thursday, September 5th, @ 12pm, Media Lab E15-344. Light lunch, first come first serve. Face surveillance and other remote biometric monitoring technologies pose unprecedented risks to personal autonomy, privacy, and democracy. One researcher compared the tech to nuclear waste. Others have called it "the perfect tool for oppression." Never before has a technology equipped governments with the power to automatically generate and store…

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Open Civic Meeting (Fall 2019)

September 19, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until December 13, 2019

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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During the semester we host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about…

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Open Civic Meeting (Fall 2019)

September 26, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until December 13, 2019

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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During the semester we host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about…

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October 2019

Open Civic Meeting (Fall 2019)

October 10, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until December 13, 2019

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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During the semester we host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about…

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Open Civic Meeting (Fall 2019)

October 17, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until December 13, 2019

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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During the semester we host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about…

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Open Civic Meeting (Fall 2019)

October 31, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until December 13, 2019

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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During the semester we host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about…

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November 2019

Open Civic Meeting (Fall 2019)

November 14, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until December 13, 2019

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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During the semester we host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about…

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Open Civic Meeting (Fall 2019)

November 21, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until December 13, 2019

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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During the semester we host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about…

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December 2019

Open Civic Meeting (Fall 2019)

December 12, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until December 13, 2019

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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During the semester we host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about…

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February 2020

Open Civic Meeting (Spring 2020)

February 20 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until May 12, 2020

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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During the semester we host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about…

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Open Civic Meeting (Spring 2020)

February 27 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until May 12, 2020

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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During the semester we host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about…

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March 2020

Open Civic Meeting (Spring 2020)

March 12 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until May 12, 2020

MIT Center for Civic Media, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139 United States
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During the semester we host weekly meetings every Thursday that are open to the public (except for the first Thursday of the month). This is a place to come with a question, request for feedback, or just to listen.  At the start of the meeting you can bid for time, requesting things like a minute for an announcement or 5 minutes to introduce your project and ask for suggestions on folks to talk to about…

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