Presenter: Benjamin Shahin, The Human Network
The Human Network is a blockchain based political social network which empowers people to change government policy. It utilizes location-based polling, debate, petitioning and mobilization to give citizens all the tools they need to have their voice heard and create impactful change in the world around them.
Ben’s bio: I did my BA in Corporate Social Responsibility and Law at York, my MA in Politics of Conflict in Israel. I served in the military there for 3 years and that is also where I entered the startup scene. I see violence as the least appealing solution to conflict and that is why I am creating this platform.
Attendance: 52 hackers!
Breakout Groups
| Project | Lead(s) | Description / Needs |
| Civic Tech 101 | Luke | Come here if it’s your first time!!!! |
| Women & Color | Mohammed | Build backend & frontend for scalability; developers needed |
| Democracy Kit | Katie & Riley | Working on Webinars on canvas & phone data; communication & fundraising; mobile canvassing |
| Wild Combination | Mark | Help build & validate scenario deck for Toronto |
| Design Jam Chat | Howard | Talk about sharing assets with social enterprises; Make open data shareable |
| Bike Parking | Gabe | Crowdsource bike parking; show & tell – need design help |
| Budgetpedia | Arthur | Analyzing budget |
| thecarded.ca | Sharky | Learn more; stop carding |
| TTC Subway Tracker | Raphael | Build a better understanding of transportation quality |
| Data 102 | Sandy | Self-driven learning re: coding |
| Guerilla Archiving | Patrick | Archiving gov’t data; onboarding materials; node.js, ruby, |