Civic Archipelago

[NickKauf]

Project Lead: https://github.com/NickKauf https://github.com/chrisjamesbond

Mentor: https://github.com/marcwalsh https://github.com/wkearn

Welcome to OL7, Cohort C! This issue will be used to track your project and progress during the program. Please use this checklist over the next few weeks as you start Open Leadership Training :tada:.

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Before Week 1 (Jan 30): Your first mentorship call

• [x] Complete the OLF self-assessment (online, printable). If you're a group, each teammate should complete this assessment individually. This is here to help you set your own personal goals during the program. No need to share your results, but be ready to share your thoughts with your mentor.
• [x] Make sure you know when and how you'll be meeting with your mentor.

Before Week 2 (Feb 6): First Cohort Call (Open by Design)

• [x] Complete Assignment 'Write Your Vision or Mission Statement'. Leave a comment on this issue with your draft vision statement & be ready to share this on the call.
• [x] Watch 'Mozilla & Working Open'.
• [x] Check the Syllabus for notes and connection info for all the cohort calls.

Before Week 3 (Feb 13): Mentorship call

• [ ] Look up two other projects and comment on their issues with feedback on their vision statement.
• [x] Complete your Open Canvas (instructions, canvas). Comment on this issue with a link to your canvas.
• [x] Start your Roadmap. Comment on this issue with your draft Roadmap.

Before Week 4 (Feb 20): Cohort Call (Build for Understanding)

• [ ] Look up two other projects and comment on their issues with feedback on their open canvas.
• [ ] Pick an open license for the work you're doing during the program.
• [ ] Use your canvas to start writing a README, or landing page, for your project. Link to your README in a comment on this issue.

Week 5 and more

• [ ] Create a repository for your project. New to GitHub? You can fork our templates.
• [ ] Add Contributing Guidlines
• [ ] Add a Code of Conduct
• [ ] Submit your project to Mozilla Pulse, add the tag #mozsprint
• [ ] Invite new contributors to into your work!

This issue is here to help you keep track of work as you start Open Leaders. Please refer to the OL7 Syllabus for more detailed weekly notes and assignments past week 4.

[chrisjamesbond]

Our Vision

Building a flexible path to active citizenship. Active citizenship is not a process! It's a state of mind, and belief that your actions can change your communities. Civic engagement should be different for different people.

[scottkildall]

Active citizenship sounds great! like to see more of a concrete definition of what that might mean, beyond a state of mind.

[t2d]

I second the comment by @scottkildall. While the goal sounds great, your vision doesn't give me any idea how you plan to achieve this.

[NickKauf]

thanks! we'll work on it. the readme session today helped a lot! Essentially we're building a "ladder" for people to climb up and learn "civic hacking" skills along the way to be active citizens and contributors to the civic tech movement. We build the framework, the students build the rungs as they go in the form of challenges they design and complete in their community. The challenges are stored in a repository and remixable across communities of learners

[Sarah0Sharif]

I absolutely love this ---- I wonder if the resources I've already created will be useful to you? Program Civica is right up your alley here ---- https://www.experimentalcivics.io/programcivica