Brigade Day is the first day of Summit: Wednesday, May 30, 2018.

All Brigade Day events will take place in the Junior Ballroom, which is right by the escalator on the 2nd Floor.

8:00am: Registration for Summit Opens

8:30am: Breakfast & Welcome

Welcome Activities, Celebrate Newcomers, The New NAC

9:00am: Welcome from Code for America

9:20am: Brigade Recognition

10:00am: Workshop: Accountability is a Form of Care

Facilitated by Laurenellen McCann

This workshop navigates the realities of Code of Conduct enforcement and harm prevention within a broader vision of community accountability. We’ll explore how to create cultures that mend, while learning specific tactics for intervention and mediation that we can bring home and adapt to our individual contexts.

11:30am: Lightning Talks

11:35am - Zay Little "How can we leverage the intersection of civic-tech and community arts?"

11:40am - Janet Michaelis "A pirate project: Building a whistleblowing app"

11:45am - Cyrus Sethna "Civic Tech: The Peace Corps for Nerds"

11:50am - Lauren Rennée "The People's Road Map"

12:00pm: Lunch

1:00pm: Welcome Back

1:15pm: Workshop: With, Not for: A Very Mini-organizing Bootcamp

Facilitated by: Laurenellen McCann

Roll up your sleeves! This session is designed to level up your outreach and organizing skills, giving ya the tools and techniques you need to not just “build” community, but to turn up for others as you would have them turn up for you. Come prepared to work on a real short or long term strategic goal of your choice.