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Everything you need to know to successfully navigate our month-long Civic Engagement Launchpad.

This guest blog comes to you from MyPhilly's James Marshall. As we get ready for #Launchpad2018 to kick off this Friday, James takes a look back at the his experience at last year's Launchpad.

Civic Engagement Launchpad offers structure and workshops to help teams deliver meaningful solutions. Below you'll find an overview of what we're offering this year to Launchpad participants.

We’re looking for a few good technologists to serve as mentors at our Civic Engagement Launchpad. Find out how you can sign up.

Find out what we're looking for in a project idea and how you can submit your idea ahead of Launchpad kick off.

What started as one man and a trash grabber has spread, block by block, across the city as residents answer the call to serve.

How greenSTEM grew from a single idea with a single outcome to a larger STEM initiative, and how Code for Philly helped nurture that growth.

How volunteers at Code for Philly and civic leaders at the DVRPC came together for a common cause and launched CyclePhilly.

The new year is still fresh and Code for Philly already has plenty planned for this year. The biggest change, though, will be with our leadership team.

We want to hear from you: how can our website better serve you, our community members?

Please help us welcome our new Events Lead!

In this guest post, Pat Christmas from Committee of Seventy discusses the make up of Philadelphia's local politics and what civic tech's place is within that structure

Stop talking and JFDI. The greatest impact happens at the local level, and civic engagement in cities has never been more important.

We’ve been asking people to come to our Civic Engagement Launchpad (CELaunchpad), especially recruiting new members of our community. We hope this guide will help new participants prepare for their experience.