What to Know about Creating, Cultivating, and Sustaining Civic X Partnerships
Civic X Partnerships
What’s the point of partnerships?
| Key Media | Helpful Tools | Key Resources | Networks to Know |
|---|---|---|---|
| APLU 1999: Returning to Our Roots: The Engaged Institution | New America HigherEd Public Opinion Hub | NRCEC 2020: Using Data to Tell Our Stories Together: Collaborations in Early Education and Care Research – example of Civic Research in early childhood | MetroLab Network |
| Lusk 2018: Lessons learned in effective community-university-industry collaboration models for smart and connected communities research | Code for America 2020: Brigade Workshop: Government Partnerships | People’s Collaborative Governance Network | |
| APLU 2019: Public Impact Research: Engaged Universities Making the Difference | Greenfield 2020: How ancient Jewish religious law influenced the design of a bike bridge in West Rogers Park – example of Civic X in action | PIT-UN | |
| Loh 2021: Transforming Community-University Partnerships: CORE Assessment | |||
| TechSoup 2021: Lessons Learned on Building Partnerships for Social Change |
Forging New Civic X Partnerships
So, how do you start a Civic X project anyway?
| Key Media | Helpful Tools | Key Resources | Networks to Know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tauberer 2015: So you want to reform democracy | MIT GOV/LAB How to Have Difficult Conversations | SFFT BUFC – example of how civic-community-industry partnerships can play out. | People’s Collaborative Governance Network |
| 18F Partnership Principles | IMLS Civic Switchboard – for academic and public libraries interested in civic data |
Who’s at the Table: Power, Expertise, + Equity
Who is our table for? How can we show them that they are welcome?
| Key Media | Helpful Tools | Key Resources | Networks to Know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Takahashi 2018: Why Your Design is Biased | It Takes Roots: People’s Solutions Lens | City of Austin: Tech Equity Resources and Training | Women of Color in the Academy |
| Palaniyappan 2020: Design | A brief history of how racism manifests itself in design and how we can learn from it | Coldicutt 2022: A digital power glossary | Academics for Black Survival and Wellness | |
| Huckins 2021: For Marginalized Groups, Being Studied Can Be a Burden | 500 Women Scientists | ||
| Farrell et al. 2021: Community Voice Is Expertise | Allied Media Visionary Organizing Lab | ||
| People’s Collaborative Governance Network | |||
| First Branch Intern Project | |||
| Data 4 Black Lives |
Trust
What does ‘building trust’ look like? How can we build trust with institutions? How can we build trust across institutions?
| Key Media | Helpful Tools | Key Resources | Networks to Know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gawande 2013: Slow Ideas | Mingus 2019: · The Four Parts of Accountability + How To Give A Genuine Apology | ||
| brown 2015: interdependence is iterative | |||
| Beck 2021: What It’s Like to Carry On a Tradition With a Friend Who Can’t Remember It | |||
| London et al. 2022: “We Are About Life-Changing Research”: Community Partner Perspectives on Community-Engaged Research Collaborations |
Civic X Syllabus 