Civic Hacker

02/19/2024

The Civic Hacker team happily joins the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) consortium dedicated to safe and trustworthy AI. AI is about to get a lot safer. Learn about the consortium and the Human Quirks project: https://civichacker.com/blog/hacking-ai-safety-with-human-quirks/

11/02/2023

We are excited to announce "Shooting for Change," a multi-disciplinary hackathon & pitch competition. On November 10th, students from Vanderbilt and Fisk universities will come together at The Wond'ry to develop a system that can detect fi****ms that get too close to a school. As a part of our Hack On Guns project, we invite the community to nerd out on improving school safety us in this effort. This hackathon is open to the public, and the flyer is attached for your reference.

RVSP: https://buff.ly/45QQyEd
Sign up to volunteer here: https://buff.ly/49gFSl3

We'll post future findings and general project updates here: https://buff.ly/3LYFHkx.

10/12/2023

We've prototyped a non-partisan solution in response to school shootings: wide-area gun detection. Enough is enough.

The goal is to create a system that can detect an unconcealed gun when it gets too close to a school. Learn more about the Hack On Guns research project at https://buff.ly/46GFABQ.

Hack On Guns is a research project to develop a non-partisan solution to detect unconcealed fi****ms that get too close to a school.

05/22/2023

Discover how contributing to your local community and building authentic relationships with students can empower you to conquer imposter syndrome. 💪

I overcame my fear of teaching tech-related topics by becoming a teacher's assistant at a coding camp. The experience left me asking myself 'Are Gaming Lobbies and Virtual Work meetings all that…

05/17/2023

Learn what happened when we hacked a popular generative AI system and how we're leveraging the hack to help defend Humanity against AI misuse.

While hacking AI, we inadvertently saved the Human race from AI misuse. Learn how to train AI to not turn into the Terminator with these three easy steps.

05/15/2023

I'm sure we can all agree that the children are our future. 🎶 Turns out, Nashville middle and high school students were already thinking about how to use civic hacking to end war and bullying.

Learn more about how Middle and high school students in Nashville used their spring break to learn coding and communication skills to impact their community and the world positively.

03/31/2022

Please mark your calendars for Friday, April 1, 12:00-1:30p. "Imagining a Digitally Equitable Future," a free, virtual panel focused on digital equity in Nashville, TN, hosted by Vanderbilt University. http://bit.ly/NashvilleDigitalPanel

Join us as our founder Jurnell, among other distinguished panelists, presents his vision for future digital inclusion efforts.

This is not to be missed. We hope you join in and learn with us!

02/01/2021

A commitment to Data Equity requires clear and actionable direction to protect people's data. Data Equity really means...

Decision makers and power brokers have a history of exploiting the enterprises, bodies, cultures, intellect, and data of Black people and other vulnerable groups.

01/05/2021

K thru 12 virtual learning environments are under attack from hackers. Together we can stave off the malicious actors seeking to further disrupt learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Get the lay of the land and learn what you can do to keep students safe online.

Grade-school learning environments are critical to any society. School administrators, parents, and education software vendors must take steps to defend against cyber attacks.

07/13/2020

Civic Hacker unquestionably agrees that Black Lives Matter.

Black Lives Matter, a decentralized movement worth co-opting.

02/13/2020

Rose Park Magnet Math & Science Middle School, 8th-grade students, created this artwork to advocate for clean air for Nashvillians as part of our plan. The students used Air-Ink, marker ink made from recaptured air pollution, for the symbolic illustration that contains an equivalent of carbon released during two hours of a running diesel engine.

Rose Park students are fully engaging their school community to spread awareness for cleaner air. Each day students raise a colored flag indicating the day's forecasted air quality. Meanwhile, they are advocating for no-idle zones in school pick-up areas, as well as making presentations to local community partners and the Metro Nashville Council on the importance of good air quality.

Rose Park is one of twenty participating in the supported by , , , , and , among others. Learn more at https://buff.ly/3byARGD

10/22/2019

If Pluto was a person, I'm sure they'd be salty. Don't worry Pluto, I'm not a planet either.

The hypothetical Planet Nine, assumed to be lurking somewhere in the outskirts of our solar system, may not be a planet at all. A new study, published September 24 on the arXiv pre-print server, suggests that the mysterious and still undiscovered object might be a primordial black hole.