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Runoff Rally

We partnered with the League of Women Voters Austin Area and the Travis County Clerk to create a poll worker signup website that is easy to use.

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Categories: voting

BallotAPI

Free, public-domain database of every ballot in the U.S.

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Technologies: Python, Jekyll, PostgreSQL

Categories: government, elections

Indigent Defense Statistics

As an indigent defense advocate, I want to collect data about the public defender process/system so that I can perform evidence-based advocacy for systems change.

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Technologies: Python, R, Azure Functions, TypeScript, React, D3

Categories: justice system

Completed Works

Here are a few of our complete work. For all of our projects visit our Github.

Visualizing Vulnerable Communities

Through a two-part effort, we helped the Austin Transportation Dept (ATD) equitably focus their 2021 time and funding. We created a map to identify at-risk Austin communities. We then co-facilitated a public participation process to customize the map based on Austinites' lived experiences.

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Categories: transportation

Tenant File App

Workflow for gathering tenant evidence is complicated and time consuming. The Tenant File App changes that, allowing tenants to easily document housing conditions, landlord-tenant interactions, and landlord neglect or abuse.

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Technologies: C#, TypeScript, React.js, GraphQL, Google Cloud

Categories: housing

Vax.Codes

Website allowing event organizers and businesses to verify that someone has received a Covid-19 vaccine by scanning a QR code issued by an approved health organization.

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Categories: health, covid

Atmosphere License

Open source software licenses with fossil fuel divestment provisions

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Technologies: JavaScript, Liquid

Categories: open source, environment

Eviction Hearing Scraper

Scraper that extracts eviction hearing records from the Travis County Justice of the Peace website

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Technologies: Python

Categories: evictions

Instabus

Instabus is a realtime map of Austin's public transit. It works well on mobile and desktop.

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Technologies: JavaScript

Categories: transportation

Austin Park Equity

Austin Park Equity is an open-source project that aims to increase equitable park access. Our maps help visualize how Austin's park resources are distributed throughout the City of Austin.

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Technologies: JavaScript, Ruby

Categories: GIS, mapping, parks, inequity, green-space

Budget Party

Web app that teaches about the City Budget and invites you to remix how departments and services are funded

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Technologies: JavaScript

Categories: civic engagement, Finance

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