Hey friends,

We are excited to announce two events for those of you with California inclinations: Weaponized Social is taking place in San Francisco in May, and the 12th annual Nonprofit Software Dev Summit just landed on our autumn calendar. We invite you to join us to work towards a more collaborative nonprofit technology ecosystem.

What lies below

• Weaponized Social: report back from NYC and dates for S.F.
• L.A. nonprofits weigh in on how to leverage tech in community efforts
• Dev Summit 2015: Register and save the date
• Fighting censorship and surveillance at Circumvention Festival

Weaponized Social: report back from NYC and dates for S.F.

On February 13 and 14, Weaponized Social brought together sociologists, activists, data scientists, and academics in New York City to discuss ways to improve online interactions and conflict resolution.

We're beyond grateful to Micah Sifry and Personal Democracy Media who graciously hosted us in their newly opened venue space in NYC, Civic Hall.

L.A. nonprofits weigh in on ways to leverage tech in community efforts

After a week of driving through the south side of California, we are back from this year's first CA Listening Tour. We thank the organizations who opened up their doors to share insight on how they hope to leverage technology for their frontline community work.

• See what common themes came up via our capacity building blog.


• Much love to the folks at IDEPSCA, VozMob, Visión y Compromiso, East Los Angeles YMCA, Advancing Justice, and Antioch University's Urban Sustainability Department for their time and insights.


• Want to connect about nonprofit technology trainings? Send us an email at support@aspirationtech.org.

2015 Nonprofit Software Development Summit

Our 12th annual Nonprofit Software Development Summit is taking place on November 18 - 20 (Weds - Fri) in Oakland, California! The Dev Summit brings together software developers, nonprofit staff and activists, and capacity builders to share knowledge, discover new allies, and collectively envision the future of free and open technology to support positive social change.

No need to wait for the opening circle. We invite you to cocreate the emerging agenda for Dev Summit 2015. Tell us your topics of interest, collaborative ideas, and folks to invite to the space.

• Registration is open! Head over to the Dev Summit registration page to get your name on the list.
• As always, sliding scale is available. Just reach out to us.


• Contact us if you have any questions or suggestions: devsummit15@aspirationtech.org
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• Signal us and others about relevant Dev Summit links using the #npdev hashtag.
  

Mark your calendar for November 18, 19, and 20 in Oakland. We'll supply the sticky notes.

Collaborating to fight censorship and surveillance

This week, we are in Valencia, Spain, to help organize and facilitate OpenITP's Circumvention Technology Festival. This week-long convening brings together people from around the world to exchange knowledge and collaborate on efforts to challenge censorship and surveillance. As the convening continues, we are excited to co-facilitate the Tor Project's Winter Developers Meeting and ASL19's Iran CyberDialogues.

We are happy to be in the company of friends and allies in the human rights technology community at #CTFestival!

What is happening on your end?

We hope to see you soon! If you find yourself in the Mission District, stop by our San Francisco Nonprofit Technology Center for a some strong coffee, or drop us a line on Twitter if that's more your style.

best,
Javier & team Aspiration