BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20091101T020000 RDATE:20091101T020000 RDATE:20101107T020000 RDATE:20111106T020000 RDATE:20121104T020000 RDATE:20131103T020000 RDATE:20141102T020000 RDATE:20151101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20100314T020000 RDATE:20100314T020000 RDATE:20110313T020000 RDATE:20120311T020000 RDATE:20130310T020000 RDATE:20140309T020000 RDATE:20150308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091102T190322Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091124T193000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091124T173000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091102T190322Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091102T190322Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250457956 DESCRIPTION:Are you part of an organization that uses technology for good (i.e. using social media\, innovative website\, video\, mobile tech)? D o you know of an organization that uses tech for good? Then this event i s for you! \;\n \;\nIt's the time of year to give thanks\, and thi s year\, we want to extend thanks to all the nonprofits and social good entities in Portland that do amazing - yet often unrecognized - work wit h technology all year long. Join us at the Lucky Lab to celebrate our co llaborative gratitude to Portland organizations. Share your organization 's story and hear how others in the community are using technology to he lp make Portland a better place for us all. \;\n \;\nYou can help kick-start this year's TweetsGivingPDX by nominating your organization o r one that impresses you through it's remarkable use of technology for g ood. Go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=t4p98cYbnkSe0mpX9E4Zyg_ 3d_3d to nominate an organization. Nominations will be posted to a wiki so we can all acknowledge the wonderful good our PDX organizations are a chieving with technology. \;\n \;\nFollow our local TweetsGiving a ctivity at #TweetsGivingPDX. \;\n \;\nTweetsGivingPDX is part of t he national gratitude effort - Tweetsgiving. For more information on Twe etsGiving visit tweetsgiving.epicchange.org.\n\nTags: nptech\, pdxtech4g ood\, tweetsgiving\, tweetsgivingpdx\, social change\n\nImported from: h ttp://calagator.org/events/1250457956 SUMMARY:TweetsGivingPDX: A Celebration of Gratitude to Portland Social Ch angemakers LOCATION:Lucky Labrador Brew Pub: 915 SE Hawthorne Boulevard\, Portland O regon 97214 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130511T150121Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130610 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130607 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130511T150121Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130524T170734Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250464199 DESCRIPTION:This event runs from Friday\, June 7\, 2013 at 5:30pm through Sunday\, June 9\, 2013 at 9pm.\n\nDescription:\nMercy Corps and Startup Weekend have partnered to create a first-of-its kind event focused on s olving some of the world’s toughest problems through technology and entr epreneurship\, measured by solutions formulated from the boldest of idea s. \;\n \;\nTech4Change will serve as a platform to encourage new ways to think about entrepreneurship in challenging environments around the globe. The 54-hour marathon event will be focused on developing tech tools for the greater good and creating viable social enterprises that can scale to address global needs. \;\n \;\nWe need sharp business development and marketing experts with ideas for social change! \;\n We need Ruby and mobile engineers and developers! \;\nWe need UI/UX e xperts with an eye for all things beautiful! \;\n \;\nHere's an op portunity for you to gain experience working with social impact entrepre neurs and nonprofit program officers! Put your skills to the test at Te ch4Change and develop a minimum viable product with a shot for deploymen t with Mercy Corps! \;\n \;\nTech4Change will take place at Mercy Corps Portland Headquarters and will start with participants pitching th eir ideas for social change. You'll also get to hear pitches from Mercy Corps personnel who've been in the field. From there\, the crowd will ch oose the best ideas that will be developed during the weekend. The top p rize winning team will have a chance at deploying their application with Mercy Corps in the field! \;\n \;\nMercy Corps is a non-profit di saster relief and development organization with operations in over 40 co untries. Its mission is to alleviate suffering\, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure\, productive and just communities. Mercy Corps strives to catalyze community-led and market-driven solutions to g lobal poverty issues. Increasingly\, Mercy Corps is employing technologi es which have the potential to give millions of people new access to fin ancial services and information\, enabling them to grow businesses and i mprove their livelihoods\, health and communities. Mercy Corps is also i ncreasingly using startup technologies to streamline operations and meet compliance needs\, freeing up human and financial resources to benefit those in need.www.mercycorps.org\n\nTags: startups\, social change\, soc ial enterprise\, developers\, tech\, angels\, designers\, for good\, ent repreneur\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250464199 URL:http://www.portland.startupweekend.org SUMMARY:Tech4Change - A Mercy Corps and Startup Weekend Collaboration LOCATION:Mercy Corps: 45 SW Ankeny Street\, Portland Oregon 97204 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130620T235522Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130630T180000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130630T100000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130620T235522Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130928T194112Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250464411 DESCRIPTION:The dream: The "\;Craig's List"\; of Activism &\; Civic Engagement\, or.... Calagator + more features + more functions\, focused on activism and available in every city every where. Because it should be. \;\n \;\nCome tech types\, come biz dev\, come social media types\, come change-makers! \;\n \;\nHelp create the site that will make your life easier\, further your favorite causes\, and imp act the world! \;\n \;\nOne source for all the documentary screeni ngs\, protests\, political debates\, historical tours\, and various geek events\, in every city. A tool that empowers everybody to create chang e in their world. A tool for organizations to reach beyond their choir\ , discover new allies on issues and further their causes. \;\n \ ;\n \;\nThe event calendar is open source\, forked from the Calagator code-base\, in Ruby on Rails. \;\n \;\nYes\, of course food and beer! Please RSVP http://www.eventbrite.com/event/7162879365/estw\n\nT ags: ruby\, calagator\, rails\, activism\, hackathon\, hack\, social cha nge\, social good\, activist\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/even ts/1250464411 URL:http://portland.activatehub.org/venues/4994 SUMMARY:Hackathon - Activst Event Calendar ActivateHub.org at Engine Yard LOCATION:Engine Yard: 1009 SW Yamhill St\, 2nd Floor\, Portland OR 97205 US SEQUENCE:5 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20131010T044755Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20131026T204500 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20131026T083000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20131010T044755Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20131207T104508Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250465038 DESCRIPTION:If you haven't already signed up for the Hack tomorrow at PSU \, we hope some details included here will entice you. To prepare our pa rticipants for a fun and productive day\, below are details and resource s for the Hack. \;\n \;\nGoals: To generate ideas are innovative to solving environmental and sustainability\, social equity issues throu gh utilization of software and mobile apps. Don’t forget to have some fu n. \;\n \;\nIdea Generation: To start\, you should ask the follow ing questions: \;\n1) What issues you and your team would like to ta ckle? (ie. carbon emissions reduction by buildings or vehicles\, solar p otential identifier\, change of personal habits\, e-waste tracking\, etc .) \;\n2) What do other similar applications exist on the market? So metimes\, building on existing apps can resolve a more refined product.& #13\;\n3) What is the marketability? Is it scalable? \;\n \;\nTh e best project ideas are one that you are passionate about\, and have so me components of competition and linkage to social media. \;\n \; \nFinding Data: \;\nWhile you are brainstorming ideas\, you should al so consider data availability as well. It is not the end of the world if you don’t have data sets or APIs to mock up a prototype. Simply build y our own datasets\, even if just a few that are enough for you to test ou t your product. \;\n \;\nSee the Cleanweb Hack resource guide for APIs\, data sets\, sample projects and project ideas. (http://tinyurl.co m/m7a744e) \;\n \;\nJudging Criteria: \;\nAt the end of day\, y our prototype will be scored on these criteria: \;\n1) Impact on reso urce and sustainability issues \;\n2) Design and usability of prototy pe \;\n3) Feasibility and marketability \;\n4) Good use of dataset s and APIs \;\n \;\nPrizes: 1st Place - $500\, 2nd Place - $250 3\;\n \;\nBragging right is priceless. \;\n \;\nOur judges are looking forward to your innovations! \;\n \;\nWinston Saunders\, Director of Data Center Security Initiatives at Intel \;\nChris Harde r\, Division Manager at the Portland Development Commission (PDC) \;\ nSkip Newberry\, President at the Technology Association of Oregon (TAO) \;\n \;\nQuestions? Ask us on Twitter (@cleanwebPDX)\, Facebook o r via email cleanwebpdx@gmail.com \;\n \;\nThere will be food\, dr ink and good companies. Come out to have some fun! \;\n \;\n \; \n--------------------------------------------- \;\nWhat is Cleanweb? \;\nCleanweb is a meme\, a movement\, a market that individuals/orga nizations are leveraging information technologies to address the world's critical resource challenges. This web of technologies can optimize how we use resources across the way we live\, work\, and play. It creates t he biggest impact and economic opportunity of our time.\n\nTags: cleante ch\, sustainability\, hackathon\, entrepreneurs\, Software developers\, designers\, cleanweb\, innovators\, solving environmental issues\, Mobil e Apps\, engineering\, psu\, energy\, waster\, transportation\, data\, w aste\, social change\, developers\, api\, DOE\, energy API\n\nImported f rom: http://calagator.org/events/1250465038 URL:http://psu-tao-cleanweb-hack-eorg.eventbrite.com/ SUMMARY:PSU-TAO Cleanweb Hack (updated) LOCATION:PSU Maseeh Engineering Building: 1930 SW 4th Avenue\, Portland O R 97201 US SEQUENCE:14 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160127T204808Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160202T153000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160202T140000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160127T204808Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160127T204808Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250469727 DESCRIPTION:#"\;In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.&q uot\; - Maya Angelou \;\n \;\n \;\n###Design has the power to p ermeate every product\, moment\, and solution in our lives. \;\n \ ;\n###At the same time\, diversity of thought leads to innovations in de sign that have the power to transform everyday life. \;\n \;\nThe question is\, how do we design products\, services &\; environments t hat reflect a diversity of experiences and perspectives\, which are shap ed by things like race\, ethnicity\, gender\, age\, sexual identity\, ab ility/disability and location\, among other factors? \;\n \;\nPlea se join us and our incredible panel of diversity\, design + technology l eaders\, as we seek to address what diversity means\, not only in the wo rld of design and technology\, but in the world at large. \;\n \;\ n###About our panelists: \;\n \;\nTyesha Snow has spent more than a decade creating and shaping interactive experiences and successfully m anaging software products\, working with some of the world’s largest age ncies to create brand affinity for Fortune 500 companies in multiple ind ustries. \;\n \;\nJames Pritchett is an award-winning designer\, k nown for delivering out-of-the-box concepts\, dynamic visuals and innova tive strategies for online and print delivery. His background includes a cclaimed work on campaigns for startups to leading Fortune 500 brands. H e is currently founder &\; CEO of The More Company. \;\n \;\nJo y Alise Davis is a collaborative design strategist and interdisciplinary social practitioner. She is a founding partner of Design Culture Lab\, a research-based social lab dedicated to the transformation of neighborh oods through collaborative design strategies that address complex spatia l issues of cultural\, racial and ethnic inequality. \;\n \;\nAn e xpert in front-end web development and UI\, Darren Bruckner has been des igning and building quality websites and web applications for major comp anies for almost 10 years. He’s currently founder and CEO of Workfrom.&# 13\;\n \;\n###About our moderator: \;\n \;\nStephen Green is cu rrently serving as community director of Elevate Capital and has over 10 years of experience connecting small/diverse businesses owners to the r esources they need.\n\nTags: pdxstartupweek\, diversity\, social justice \, activism\, social change\, tech\, pdxtech4good\n\nImported from: http ://calagator.org/events/1250469727 URL:https://attending.io/events/designing-for-diversity SUMMARY:Designing for Diversity LOCATION:Portland Development Commission: 222 NW Fifth Avenue\, Portland Oregon 97209 United States SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160119T184225Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160203T200000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160203T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160119T184225Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160119T184225Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250469652 DESCRIPTION:###There's been a recent shift in how activists are trying to bring about social change\, and SJF is at the forefront of this shift. \;\n \;\n##Come find out how you can get involved! \;\n \;\ n[This article](http://www.guerrillafeminism.org/the-entrepreneurial-act ivist-raushan-bhuiyan/) has a great breakdown on this new trend of entre preneurial activism: \;\n \;\n*For some activists\, being entrep reneurial has meant the following things: treating their activist work l ike a business\, turning to popular social media platforms to put out th eir own press releases and looking for people to invest in their initiat ive with money and not just good faith.* \;\n \;\nMore about the hosting organizations: \;\n \;\nSocial Justice Fund Northwest is a foundation working at the frontlines of social change. They leverage th e resources of their members to foster significant\, long-term social ju stice solutions throughout Washington\, Oregon\, Idaho\, Montana &\; Wyoming. \;\n \;\nPDXNALTA is a networking group for underrepresen ted people of color in tech. \;\n \;\nIdealist is all about connec ting idealists - people who want to do good - with opportunities for act ion and collaboration. With more than 100\,000 organizations and 1.4 mil lion monthly visitors to our English\, Spanish &\; French sites\, Ide alist helps people move from intention to action all over the world.\n\n Tags: pdxstartupweek\, diversity\, social justice\, funding\, nptech\, a ctivism\, social change\, tech\, pdxtech4good\n\nImported from: http://c alagator.org/events/1250469652 URL:https://attending.io/events/investing-in-justice SUMMARY:Portland Startup Week: Investing in Justice LOCATION:Idealist: 209 SW Oak St Ste 600\, Portland OR 97205 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160613T174258Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161009 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161001 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160613T174258Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160613T174258Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250470434 DESCRIPTION:This event runs from Saturday\, October 1\, 2016 at 10am thro ugh Saturday\, October 8\, 2016 at 9:30pm.\n\nDescription:\nResolution F est is a week-long celebration of the people and communities reimagining the landscape of the tech industry. Over 8 days\, we'll examine the int ersections of technology\, identity\, culture\, community service\, educ ation\, social change\, collaboration\, creativity\, and more. \;\n&# 13\;\nTo see the collection of events in our schedule\, visit [http://re sfestpdx.com](http://resfestpdx.com)!\n\nTags: tech\, inclusivity\, soci al change\, community\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250 470434 URL:http://resfestpdx.com SUMMARY:Resolution Fest PDX LOCATION:Various: false SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170211T003200Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170917 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170915 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170211T003200Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170828T181746Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250471466 DESCRIPTION:This event runs from Friday\, September 15\, 2017 at 9:30am t hrough Saturday\, September 16\, 2017 at 5pm.\n\nDescription:\nAffect Co nf is a 2-day community conference examining the work\, design\, and cul ture of social change. To keep the emphasis on action\, Affect also incl udes a Group Volunteering Half Day for attendees to directly help out lo cal nonprofits. \;\n \;\nThis year: join us for our second-ever ev ent on Sept 15 and 16 to go behind the scenes of social impact projects like 5 Calls\, Code for America's Clear My Record\, and We Read Too and get primers on social issues like intersectional disability justice and small-scale wealth redistribution. \;\n \;\nOur keynotes Sydette H arry (@Blackamazon) and Shaun Lau (@NoTotally) will bookend Affect. Tick ets are available via: https://affectconf.com/register \;\n \;\n-- - \;\n \;\nAt Affect\, we work hard to prioritize accessibility an d will have: \;\n \;\nonsite childcare \;\na quiet room \;\n live CART captioning \;\nASL interpreters \;\nreserved seating \;\nall-gender restrooms (multi-stall and one single stall) \;\nwheel chair-accessible paths\n\nTags: social change\, conference\, community\, social good\, volunteering\, design\, diversity\, inclusion\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250471466 URL:https://affectconf.com SUMMARY:Affect Conf 2017 LOCATION:Eliot Center (First Unitarian Church): 1226 SW Salmon St\, Portl and OR 97201 US SEQUENCE:10 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180522T180058Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180908 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180906 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180522T180058Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180522T180058Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250473781 DESCRIPTION:This event runs from Thursday\, September 6\, 2018 at 9:30am through Friday\, September 7\, 2018 at 5pm.\n\nDescription:\nAffect (&qu ot\;effect"\;) is a 2-day conference featuring stories from multiply marginalized activists\, creators\, and technologists working towards s ystemic change. To pair words with action\, we also partner with local n onprofits to create projects that attendees can dive into. \;\n \; \n \;\nThis year's topics: \;\nThe Future Is Accessible\, Annie Se garra (keynote) \;\n \;\nThe Personal is Political #BeingBlackandM uslim\, Aïdah Aliyah Rasheed \;\n \;\nBy and for Us: How Marginali zed Communities Are Redesigning Sex Ed Online\, Cameron Glover \;\n&# 13\;\nConsensual Software: Prioritizing User Trust and Safety\, Danielle Leong \;\n \;\nQueering Mental Health: An Analysis on the Crimina lization of Black People and Mental Health\, Da’Shaun Harrison \;\n&# 13\;\nActivism Is Not Accessible: How To Include Disabled and Chronicall y Ill Folks in Your Movement\, Diane Murray \;\n \;\nWe the Dreame rs\, Heldáy de la Cruz \;\n \;\nHow Gabby Antonio is Smashing the Imperialist\, White Supremacist\, Capitalist Patriarchy\, Luann Algoso&# 13\;\n \;\nPatterns of Digital Gentrification\, Lynn Cyrin \;\n 3\;\nIs Wakanda Accessible? And Other Questions from the Intersection of Black Womanhood and Disability.\, Mallory Thomas \;\n \;\nGrassro ots Organizing Strategies for Healing Our Black Trans\, Nonbinary &\; Queer Bodies\, Neesha Powell-Twagirumukiza\n\nTags: social change\, con ference\, community\, volunteering\, design\, diversity\, accessibility\ , activism\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250473781 URL:https://affectconf.com SUMMARY:Affect Conf 2018 LOCATION:University of Oregon Portland: 70 NW Couch Street\, Portland Ore gon 97209 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR