Thanks to Marc Smith of Connected Action for gathering the links and graphing them.
Category: News
CivicLab Profiled In Progress Illinois
The CivicLab was profiled in the June 27th edition of Progress Illinois.
“July marks one year since the CivicLab, a non-profit organization, opened its “democracy design studio” in the West Loop of Chicago.
Looking ahead, one of the CivicLab’s co-founders says big plans are in the pipeline for year two of the co-working space, which is dedicated to collaboration, education and innovation for social change and civic engagement.
Seven organizations focused on issues such as housing justice, voter registration and health care are currently working out of the CivicLab’s storefront, located at 114 N. Aberdeen St.
Other activists, designers, educators and tech experts also gather and do research at the space, which is housed in a rehabbed 1890s firehouse that sits across the street from Harpo Studios, where “The Oprah Winfrey Show” was previously filmed.
In addition to offering a place where people can collaborate, the CivicLab hosts educational workshops and is behind the volunteer-based TIF Illumination Project, which is working to promote transparency around Chicago’s controversial tax increment financing (TIF) program.” [read the full article]
she crew is in the house!
The amazing arts and education group she crew is in residence at the CivicLab this summer. We are proud to serve as the home for this outstanding arts program!
Workshop on Servant-Leadership
“Leadership 101 – Introduction To Servant-Leadership”
@ The CivicLab, Wednesday, June 25. 7-8:30pm
114 N. Aberdeen Street
What is leadership? For people and organizations focused on social change and civic engagement, what makes for great leaders? How can we BE better leaders and help bring along more of them?
This workshop will cover the basics of one leadership model, Servant-Leadership. How can you both serve and lead at the same time? How can you train yourself to be a better Servant-Leader? Who are some great servant-leaders working in Chicago right now?
We’ll be covering the “Seven Pillars” of Servant-Leadership as developed and laid out by the Greenleaf Cener for Servant Leadership (https://greenleaf.org/)
CivicLab co-founder Tom Tresser (http://www.tresser.com/) will present this workshop.
The fee for this workshop is $10. The CivicLab is America’s only volunteer-run co-working space dedicated to collaboration, education and innovation for social justice and civic engagement. 100% of the revenue from this workshop will go to operating the space. The short URL for this event = http://
CivicLab @ PDF 2014
CivicLab co-founders Benjamin Sugar and Tom Tresser were at the Personal Democracy Forum on June 6, 2014. We were on a panel on civic labs with Beta NYC and Hack Baltimore. Here is Ben’s introduction to the Lab (3 minutes).
Edward Snowden @ PDF 2014
It was thrilling to hear Edward Snowden speak live at the Personal Democracy Conference on Thursday. Watch a video of his remarks and follow-up interview (39 minutes) @ http://tinyurl.com/Snowden-at-PDF. CivicLab was also at the conference!
Heading To PDF In NYC
CivicLab co-founders Benjamin Sugar and Tom Tresser will be at PDF 2014 in New York Thursday and Friday. We’ll be part of a panel presentation on Friday, “City Labs For Civic Engagement” with folks from Hack Baltimore and BetaNYC. If you’re in NYC, contact us @ info@civiclab.us or @civiclabchicago!
Oba William King Teaches Storytelling
Oba William King teaches a workshop on storytelling at the CivicLab! “Storytelling is the oldest form of communication – it’s part of our heritage, part of DNA.”
she crew Coming To The CivicLab
{she crew} is a six-week summer program for girls, ages 12 to 14, to engage in a multi-disciplinary journaling workshop that culminates in a theatrical performance written entirely by the participants. We are investigating the question of what it is to be a woman, how one defines womanhood, and how we see ourselves in relation to that definition. It is our goal to investigate feminine topics through broad questions that encourage participants’ engagement and deep reflection. Questions and writing prompts include topics of: womanhood, personal identity, women in relation to family, community, career, and the physical body.
she crew will be in residence at the CivicLab this summer. Apply here.
“Commons 101” Workshop @ The Lab 5/27
What is the Commons and why should you care? Tom Tresser, who calls himself a Public Defender, will break it all down at this interactive workshop on May 27 at 7pm at the CivicLab. Only $10 (we are 100% volunteer run and all the revenue from this workshop goes to support the operation of the CivicLab, Chicago’s only co-working space dedicated to social justice and civic engagement). Register here.