Continuing the Work of Expunge.io
Smart Chicago was recently awarded a grant from The Chicago Community Trust to support Expunge.io. This grant, referred to as “Expunge.io Plus,” supports the great work already happening with Mikva...
View ArticleThe Launch of Convicted in Cook
Today we’re launching Convicted in Cook, a joint project of Smart Chicago, the Chicago Justice Project, and FreeGeek Chicago’s Supreme Chi-Town Coding Crew (SC3). Convicted in Cook is an analysis of...
View ArticleFocus on ecosystem: #CivicSummer
This article focuses on the long planning and deep youth-led tech work that preceded the creation of Expunge.io… Continue reading →
View ArticleCrime, Data, Justice
I have worked worked with a lot of crime data from a lot of cities, going back almost 10 years. I’ve worked with hundreds of colleagues to get more crime data published, make apps based on crime data,...
View ArticleFingerprint Terminal at Cook County Juvenile Center
As part of our continued work in connection with our Expunge.io product, we secured a fingerprint terminal to be stationed at the Cook County Juvenile Center. This is one of the ways we determined,...
View ArticlePACER Cards + Letters Campaign for National Law Day
As part of our Justice program, The Smart Chicago Collaborative, along with a number of friends from around the nation, is conducting a cards + letters campaign to ask Chief Judge Ruben Castillo of the...
View ArticleJoin the Mass Pacer Postcard Campaign
On this Friday, May 1, 2015— Law Day— the Smart Chicago Collaborative is joining with colleagues across the country to participate in “An Appeal For Postcards”. We’re asking law students, lawyers, and...
View ArticleResults of Our PACER Postcard Campaign
Today our colleague Elizabeth Bartels collected 31 postcards from law students, lawyers, and interested residents sharing their thoughts about making the PACER federal court document system more...
View ArticleIssue Primer: Safety and Justice
For this year’s National Day of Civic Hacking, we’re writing up primers on different civic issues to help people get a better understanding of the issues as they start working on projects. Below, we’ve...
View ArticleThe next OpenGov Chicago Meetup: Local Court Data
At the next OpenGov Chicago meetup, set for Wednesday, June 17, 2015, we will learn about the Chicago Justice Project’s (CJP) ongoing engagement with the Office of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court...
View Article2015 Year in Review
This was a big year for community technology in Chicago. Here’s a month-by-month look at some of the things Smart Chicago has shared, supported, and accomplished in 2015. January: Smart Chicago Model...
View ArticleNew Expunge.io Video
We recently worked with the Mikva Challenge Juvenile Justice Council to create a video about Expunge.io and why expungement matters. We did this as part of our Expunge.io work, which is to increase...
View ArticleFirst Public Forum of the Police Accountability Task Force at JLM Life Center
Throughout the month of February, the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force is hosting four community forums across the city to provide residents the opportunity to speak or submit written comments...
View ArticleA Fresh Look at Crime & Punishment in Chicago, our April 2014 website with...
Tomorrow is the first public meeting of the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force. According to their website, their primary mission is “to lay the foundation for the rejuvenation of trust between...
View ArticleA Twitter-Based Review Crime & Punishment in Chicago
Introduction This is the raw content for a set of tweets we published today about our Crime & Punishment in Chicago project. Our April 2014 Crime & Punishment in Chicago project is an index of...
View ArticleSmart Chicago Documenter Work on the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force...
The Smart Chicago Collaborative has been documenting the four community forums hosted by the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force and held across the city in the month of February. The purpose of...
View ArticleReporting Back on City Bureau’s Open House
On Wednesday, January 27th, our partner City Bureau hosted their first open house at Experimental Station, a curious wing-shaped building in Woodlawn, Chicago. A number of south-side focused...
View ArticleMore connections to, and resources for, the youth who need it most
Since the shocking murder of Fenger High School student, Derrion Albert in Sept. 2009 (which was not an incident of gun violence), Chicago’s public/philanthropic community has responded by investing...
View ArticleMeeting 2: Notes from Police Accountability Forum at South Shore Cultural Center
The Smart Chicago Collaborative is documenting the four community forums hosted by the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force and held across the city in the month of February. The purpose of the...
View ArticleMeeting 3: Notes from Police Accountability Meeting at Benito Juarez...
The Smart Chicago Collaborative is documenting the four community forums hosted by the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force and held across the city in the month of February. The purpose of the...
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