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[edit] Press Release
- Crisis Camp Chicago Event 02/13/2010 (Press Release Dated 02/11/2010)
- Crisis Camp Chicago Event 01/30/2010 (Press Release Dated 01/29/2010)
[edit] About Us
Crisis Commons is a grassroots network of IT professionals as well as academia, non-profits, private sector companies, entrepreneurs, community associations and government officials drawn together by a call to service. Domain experts, developers, and first responders collaborate with a focus on improving technology and practice for humanitarian crisis management and disaster relief.
Crisis Camp Chicago is the local effort to mobilize Chicago IT professional in support of this mission. We are all volunteers and collaborate with other domestic and international crisis camps to create and support technological tools and resources in support of disaster relief for post-earthquake Haiti. The teams will work on specific projects or other support initiatives to achieve this effort.
[edit] Links
- Pictures from our 01302010 Camp
- NGO with a need? Request help ===> TechAidRequest
[edit] Why do we care?
The faster we can respond to a crisis, the more effective we will be. We know technology can support this. Crisis Camps are changing the way we do citizen engagement and provide us a different way of doing crisis response…today and in the future, teams of first responders create a network quickly for which mobilization, and ultimately impact, is much faster
[edit] Sponsors
These people have given generously, to help make this camp happen...
- TechNexus clubhouse - Provided repeating venue location for the camp. (TechNexus is a multipurpose 'clubhouse' for the Illinois technology community. With more than 2,000 technology executives and entrepreneurs using the space each month, and home to 25 growing companies, Chicago's TechNexus is THE collaborative setting for the technology community to connect and build business. http://www.technexus.org/)
- Illinois Technology Association - Support for venue via TechNexus, and outreach to Chicago IT community. (The Illinois Technology Association (ITA) is committed to developing an environment in which technology companies can flourish in an increasingly competitive marketplace. http://illinoistech.org/)
- Starbucks - graciously provided coffee for the 01/30 Camp - Starbucks, 300 South Wabash, Chicago
- Threadless.com - tshirts
- CoinThatPhrase - tshirts
