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TechSoup Global at National Day of Civic Hacking

Tech Soup

On June 1, programmers, activists, and civic leaders participated in the first ever National Day of Civic Hacking (NDoCH) across 83 U.S. Arthur Grau of NetSquared Honolulu reported back on the National Day of Civic Hacking/Code for Hawaii event in Honolulu. Image 1: National Day of Civic Hacking, IntelFreePress.

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NetSquared Local Events: June 6–7, 2013

Tech Soup

NetSquared Local members meet monthly in 50 cities around the world with the goal of helping each other solve their tech challenges and finding a tribe of people who shares our passions. Saturday, June 1 is the National Day of Civic Hacking and Net2 organizers in Honolulu, Boston and New Haven are jumping into the fray! Event Reports.

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Guam and the Consortium

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Arriving on Guam felt like coming back to the United States, although it's more like Hawaii than the mainland! Japan is the biggest source of tourists for Guam, with growing numbers from other Asian nations like South Korea. It's actually hard to get local cuisine in the restaurants, far easier to get Japanese food.

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Mental Health

Bloomerang

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funds a wide array of programs to help build a national culture of health. Areas served: Hawaii, Florida, Texas, Vermont (specific counties in each). The Meadows Foundation. Hogg Foundation For Mental Health. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Areas served: US. Hanley Family Foundation.

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Mental Health

Kindful

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funds a wide array of programs to help build a national culture of health. Areas served: Hawaii, Florida, Texas, Vermont (specific counties in each). The Meadows Foundation. Hogg Foundation For Mental Health. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Areas served: US. Hanley Family Foundation.

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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

Tech Soup

With the support of the National Endowment for Democracy and the Balkan Trust for Democracy, the challenge's goal is to promote tech for civil participation in transparency and accountability initiatives in the Western Balkans. The site will then publish responses from local officials and encourage further transparency.

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Seeing the sights in Pohnpei

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We walked on a coral path through the jungle to see this city made of basalt slab islands, after paying our admission fee to a representative of the nahmwarki, the local chief. It reminded me of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park in California, and it reminds other of Diamond Head in Hawaii. Impressive piece of rock.

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