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<h1 class="t-section-headline">About Code for Boston</h1>

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<h2>What is Code for Boston?</h2>

<p>Code for Boston is a volunteer Civic Technology meetup. We are made up of developers, designers, data geeks, citizen activists, and many others who use creative technology to solve civic and social problems.

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<h2>What is Civic Technology?</h2>

<p>The definition of civic tech can be quite unclear sometimes - here is a great starting point: <a href="https://medium.com/@grodeska/civictech-primer-what-is-civic-tech-7ea788e766d3#.lr9joeu39">#CivicTech Primer: What is “civic tech”?

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<p>The gist of it is that civic tech is using technology in a creative way to help better the lives of individuals in our communities, whether that is through person-to-person interactions, or via person-to-government interactions.</p>

<p>It is also worth reading <a href="/Civic-Tech-Making-Technology-Work-for-People-v1.2.pdf">Andrew Schrock's introduction to Civic Tech</a>.</p>

<h2>How We Work</h2>

<p>We meet up <a href="{{site.meetup_url}}">regularly on Tuesday nights</a> to talk about techology, design, policy, our communities, and more. We hold larger hackathon-style events every so often throughout the year, and we collaborate constantly within our community and with other communities worldwide on <a href="{{site.github_url}}">GitHub</a>.</p>