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SUMMARY:Affective Landmarking - An App to Close Read with Your Emotions
DESCRIPTION:Come interact with a tool that turns close reading into a color spectrum. Affective Landmarking is an annotation style where readers highlight passages in a text and tag them with emotional responses\, such as fear\, joy\, etc. Those tags are visualized in real time\, mapping the diverse reading experiences to reflect emotional clusters\, overlaps\, or disappearances across a text.\nThe project was experimented with in a first-year writing classroom at Queens College\, where students read Claudia Rankine’s Citizen and annotated their responses together.\nAL asks: What happens when emotions drive analysis\, and subjective experience is valued\, especially when reading controversial texts? This project treats that data as relational and participatory. Going forward\, this style could open up possibilities for comparative studies across classrooms\, organizations\, and communities\, asking people to read slowly in the age of quickness.\nCome try this process\, engage with the app\, and learn more!\n\nBio: This project was built by Meha Gupta\, a PhD candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center\, where she works at the intersection of digital humanities\, affect theory\, physics\, and race and ethnic studies. She teaches at Baruch College.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/affective-landmarking/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T180000
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SUMMARY:VoteFeed.org
DESCRIPTION:VoteFeed.org is a Twitter/Bluesky-like user experience that allows constituents to interact with their respective U.S. representative in congress by sharing their opinion on policies up for vote in the legislative agenda. \nMerlin Valdez\, the creator of VoteFeed\, will be joining us in the pop up to help New Yorkers learn more about their elected officials in advance of the upcoming primary election on Tuesday\, June 23rd!
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/votefeed-org/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T180000
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SUMMARY:CUNY Tech Prep at NYC PIT Pop Up
DESCRIPTION:Join CUNY Tech Prep and PIT @ CUNY at the NYC PIT Pop Up for a day of demos and conversation!\n \nThree group projects will be demoed\, focusing on promoting public good related to transportation\, recreation\, and finance: \n\n\nHerRide: HerRide is a community-based carpooling platform that helps women travel together more safely and comfortably. The app connects verified women riders and drivers heading in the same direction through real-time route matching and an interactive map interface. Created to address safety concerns around commuting alone\, HerRide offers a more trustworthy and community-oriented alternative to traditional rideshare services. By Rafayet and Damaris\nWeatherorNot: WeatherOrNot is a web-based application developed to provide users with accurate and actionable weather information in order to support informed decision-making for outdoor activities\, particularly sports. The application collects weather data and presents it in a clear interface\, allowing users to quickly determine whether current and forecasted conditions are suitable for outdoor sports. By: Haim\, Joseph\, and Tommy\nWorthwise: WorthWise is a college return on investment (ROI) planning application that helps students make informed decisions about higher education. The platform enables users to compare colleges and programs\, calculate true costs (tuition\, housing\, and living expenses)\, and project financial outcomes based on post-graduation earnings data. Users can analyze ROI\, debt-to-income ratios\, payback periods\, and compare up to four scenarios simultaneously. The application integrates data from trusted government sources\, including the U.S. Department of Education\, HUD\, Bureau of Economic Analysis\, and Energy Information Administration. By: Karina\, Kyame\, and Fardin\n\n\n\nCUNY Tech Prep is a year long technical and professional development program for CUNY computer science and related majors to learn in-demand technologies\, master professional soft skills\, and land great tech jobs in NYC. CTP is supported by CISDD (CUNY Institute for Software Design and Development) and NYC TTP (New York City Tech Talent Pipeline).
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/cuny-tech-at-nyc-pit-pop-up/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260603T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260603T180000
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SUMMARY:Tech for Safer Cities: Tackling Gender Based Violence for Women & Youth - #NYTechWeek
DESCRIPTION:Sessions: 90 mins each \n11 am to 1230 pm – RSVP here!\n0230 pm to 4 pm – RSVP here!\nOpen engagement: 12:30 – 2:00 pm and 4:00–6:00 PM (meet the teams\, demos\, conversations) \nGender-based violence (GBV) remains one of the most underreported human rights violations globally\, disproportionately affecting women\, youth\, and vulnerable communities who often face barriers to reporting\, limited access to support systems\, and a lack of trust in institutions. \nThis session brings together Red Dot Foundation Global\, Catcalls of NYC\, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and If Possible AI\, in collaboration with The NYC PIT Pop Up\, an activation of CUNY Public Interest Technology Lab\, to explore how technology can make invisible harms visible\, amplify survivor voices\, and strengthen public accountability. \nTo make the experience more participatory and hands-on\, the session will be delivered as an immersive solution showcase and rotating demo lab rather than a traditional panel. \nParticipants will explore practical\, community-driven technologies and creative approaches that address gender-based violence\, strengthen civic participation\, improve public decision-making\, and support safer\, more inclusive communities. \nThis event is part of #NYTechWeek – a week of events hosted by VCs and startups bringing together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com. \n\nWhat problem are we addressing?\nGBV is pervasive\, but the data needed to prevent it is incomplete\, biased\, or absent\, particularly for immigrant women. \nBarriers include: \n\nFear of authorities and immigration consequences\nLimited digital access and literacy\nCultural stigma and language gaps\n\nAs a result\, cities are often designing safety systems without the participation or data of those most at risk. Most tech solutions optimise for efficiency\, not equity. \nThis creates a persistent gap between lived experience and institutional response. \n\nWhat solution will this session offer?\nWe focus on community-driven\, tech-enabled approaches that close the gap between lived experience and institutional response: \nCitizen-generated data (Safecity) → Identifying patterns and informing policy \nPublic storytelling and visibility (Catcalls of NYC) → Shifting norms and reclaiming space \nOpen-source mapping (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team) → Enabling inclusive\, geospatial decision-making \nAI-powered advocacy and fundraising (If Possible AI) → Democratising access to funding \n\n\nFormat (90 minutes\, interactive)\n\nWe will present 4 case studies and have an interactive segment for participants to share their perspectives through a Collective Reflection Wall. We seek inputs on: How can citizen-generated data improve public decision-making? What makes technology inclusive and trustworthy for immigrant and marginalised communities? How can data\, storytelling\, and mapping work together to create safer cities? What would it take to scale these solutions in your community? The responses will be synthesised into a practical framework for designing ethical\, inclusive public interest technology.\n\nSpeakers\n\nGillian D’Souza Nazareth – Treasurer\, Red Dot Foundation Global\nSophie Sandberg – Catcalls of NYC; Chalk Back\n\nColleen Cook – If Possible AI\n\nDK Benjamin – Senior Tech Lead Humanitarian\, OpenStreetMap\n\n\nOpen Engagement (12:30-2:00 PM and 4:00–6:00 PM)\nAn informal space to: \n\nExperience live demos (Safecity\, Mobile Pathways\, mapping tools)\nExplore collaboration opportunities\nEngage directly with practitioners working at the intersection of tech\, gender\, and migration
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/tech-for-safer-cities-tackling-gbv-for-women-immigrants/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260529T140000
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SUMMARY:Wiki-Play Friday
DESCRIPTION:Wikimedia New York City invites you to Wiki-Play Fridays\, a pop-up exhibition and laboratory of wiki-based immersive design gaming at the World Trade Center Oculus in Lower Manhattan. \nThese are Friday afternoon events (2-6pm)\, held once per month. There will be demos and playtesting of wiki-games and novel modes of interaction\, both digital and tactile. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki-Play_Fridays
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/wiki-play-friday-2/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260518T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260518T143000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T203146Z
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SUMMARY:Creative Computing in Education Course Showcase
DESCRIPTION:This event will showcase creative computing final projects from a College of Staten Island course that explores how P-12 in-service teachers can use code for artistic expression. These projects will address community-based challenges (specific topics to be determined). Our goal is for participating teachers to implement these practices in their own classrooms\, with their P-12 students subsequently presenting their work at the Pop Up.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/creative-computing-in-education-course-showcase/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260424T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260424T180000
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SUMMARY:Sonic Spaces: Frequency Allocations - Angel Nevarez & Valerie Tevere
DESCRIPTION:Part of NYC PIT Pop-Up’s inaugural Sonic Spaces series exploring the intersection of sound/music with public interest technology. \nOn Friday April 24th\, artists Angel Nevarez and Valerie Tevere will host a day-length audio installation at the pop up that will capture and recontextualize radio frequencies from areas inside and immediately surrounding the Oculus. The local airwaves will be sourced and recombined into a sound piece exploring the overlapping textures communicated across Lower Manhattan re-articulating the invisible and omnipresent frequencies used by municipal agencies. Angel Nevarez and Valerie Tevere are interdisciplinary artists whose practice spans over twenty years of projects that actuate music and sound\, radio\, dissent\, and the cultural complexities of the public sphere. The artists have produced works in video installation\, lyric writing\, performance\, and photography. Their research interests lie in the intersection between music\, civic action\, and historical moments that resonate through distinct musical instrumentation and sonorous traditions. \nThis installation will be freely accessible to visitors at the pop up from 12pm-6pm throughout the day\, no RSVP necessary.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/angel-nevarez-valerie-tevere-radio-frequency-project/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T193000
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SUMMARY:Sonic Spaces: Liz Pelly "Mood Machine" book discussion
DESCRIPTION:Part of NYC PIT Pop-Up’s inaugural Sonic Spaces series exploring the intersection of sound/music with public interest technology. \nOn Wednesday April 22nd\, author Liz Pelly will be joined by moderator Jeff Tobias to discuss her recent book Mood Machine\, which takes a critical look at the rise of Spotify\, the data surveillance company masquerading as a music streaming platform. Drawing on over one hundred interviews with industry insiders\, former Spotify employees\, and musicians\, Mood Machine takes us to the inner workings of today’s highly consolidated record business\, showing what has changed as music has become increasingly playlisted\, personalized\, and autoplayed. \nThe event will allow for a limited in-person capacity and will be livestreamed. RSVP here to attend.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/sonic-spaces-liz-pelly-mood-machine-book-discussion/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260420T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260420T190000
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SUMMARY:Sonic Spaces: Todd Craig “K for the Way” audiobook launch
DESCRIPTION:Part of NYC PIT Pop-Up’s inaugural Sonic Spaces series exploring the intersection of sound/music with public interest technology. \nOn Monday April 20th at 6pm\, writer/educator/DJ Todd Craig will be in dialogue with Chenjerai Kumanyika to celebrate the audiobook release of his recent book K for the Way. Craig’s book establishes and investigates the function of DJ rhetoric and literacy\, illuminating the DJ as a fruitful example for (re)envisioning approaches to writing\, research\, and analysis in contemporary educational settings. Because it is widely recognized that the DJ was the catalyst for the creation of Hip Hop culture\, this book begins a new conversation in which Hip Hop DJs introduce ideas about poetics and language formation through the modes\, practices\, and techniques they engage in on a daily basis. \nThe event will allow for a limited in-person capacity and will be livestreamed. RSVP here to attend.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/sonic-spaces-todd-craig-k-for-the-way-audiobook-launch/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T180000
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SUMMARY:Sonic Spaces: Sounds of the Earth performance & discussion
DESCRIPTION:Part of NYC PIT Pop-Up’s inaugural Sonic Spaces series exploring the intersection of sound/music with public interest technology. \nSounds of Earth is a live performance and public conversation that reimagines the archive as a collective “sound ark.” Inspired by NASA’s 1977 Golden Record\, the project reflects on how voices\, music\, and media technologies serve as vessels of preservation. \nThe evening features a transatlantic experiment: from Berlin\, opera singer Lola Volonakis performs live in dialogue with her AI double in New York. Using high-resolution vocal modeling\, the AI reinterprets fragments of Mozart’s The Magic Flute (one of the musical selections NASA sent to represent humanity in 1977)\, challenging notions of authorship\, replication\, and cultural heritage. \nThe performance will be immediately followed by a public conversation on media preservation and public interest technology featuring Lola Volonakis\, Camille Jeanjean (Villa Albertine)\, and Aurelie Barbier (Space to the People). \nSounds of Earth is part of Space to the People’s ongoing exploration of “space arks” and who decides what is worth carrying forward. It builds on our collaborative project Worlds We Carry\, previously presented at the NYC PIT Pop Up\, extending this inquiry from visual archives to sound and voices. \n The event will allow for a limited in-person capacity and will be livestreamed. RSVP here to attend.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/sonic-spaces-sounds-of-the-earth-performance-discussion/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T170000
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SUMMARY:NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology Pop-up
DESCRIPTION:NYU is taking over the NYC PIT Pop-Up for a special afternoon of immersive demos\, visionary projects\, and community dialogue. Come see how NYU faculty and students are designing technology to serve justice\, equity\, and community empowerment. Registration link \nSchedule of Events: \n1:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Open Gallery \n\n\n\nExplore the PIT storefront and interactive displays featuring work from across NYU schools and departments\, and a few words about PIT at NYU from Vice Provost for Faculty Engagement\, Pathways\, and Public Interest Technology – Charlton McIlwain.\n\n1:00 PM – 3:00 PM | AI for Impact & Discovery \n\n\n\nFeaturing the Suicide Risk Dashboard from the AI Hub at McSilver Institute for Poverty\, Policy\, and Research\nVisual investigation SITU Search tool from NYU Tisch’s Interactive Telecommunications Program\n\n3:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Safe\, Just\, and Thriving Communities \n\n\n\nMeet the finalists from Tandon CUSP’s latest Hackathon and see their winning solutions for urban resilience.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/nyu-alliance-for-public-interest-technology/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T133112
CREATED:20260402T164107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T171842Z
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SUMMARY:Wiki-Play Friday
DESCRIPTION:Wikimedia New York City invites you to Wiki-Play Fridays\, a pop-up exhibition and laboratory of wiki-based immersive design gaming at the World Trade Center Oculus in Lower Manhattan. \nThese are Friday afternoon events (2-6pm)\, held once per month. There will be demos and playtesting of wiki-games and novel modes of interaction\, both digital and tactile. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki-Play_Fridays
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/wiki-play-friday/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260402T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260402T180000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T135101Z
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SUMMARY:"The People's Money Speaks": Data Stories from the Whole Community Health Datathon
DESCRIPTION:“The People’s Money Speaks”: Data Stories from the Whole Community Health Datathon\n\nStudents will present their visualizations and data stories produced during the March 27 Whole Community Health Datathon\, which will focus analyzed the NYC Civic Engagement Commission’s People’s Money data related to the five social determinants of health–domains: Economic Stability\, Education\, Healthcare\, Neighborhood & Built Environment\, Social & Community Context–to create policy briefings. The process included two pre-events that focused on the social determinants of health and NYC health policy/platforms and the ethics of using machine learning to process data to retain the integrity of the community voices represented in the 9\,000 ideas generated through the People’s Money community idea generation process. Students received feedback on their work during the Datathon from the NYC Civic Engagement Commission and the Service Design Studio at the Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity.\n\nhttps://www.nyit.edu/
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/nyit-nyc-pit-pop-up/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260401T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260401T180000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260330T190744Z
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SUMMARY:MTA Performance Metrics Feedback
DESCRIPTION:The MTA’s dashboard\, metrics.mta.info\, which is built entirely off of open data\, is going through a major redesign in 2026. MTA’s open data team will be collecting user feedback to better understand features and visuals that the civic tech community would want.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/mta-performance-metrics-feedback-3/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T180000
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CREATED:20260329T191309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260330T190845Z
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SUMMARY:MTA Performance Metrics Feedback
DESCRIPTION:The MTA’s dashboard\, metrics.mta.info\, which is built entirely off of open data\, is going through a major redesign in 2026. MTA’s open data team will be collecting user feedback to better understand features and visuals that the civic tech community would want.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/mta-performance-metrics-feedback/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260330T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260330T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T133112
CREATED:20260329T191341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260330T190906Z
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SUMMARY:MTA Performance Metrics Feedback
DESCRIPTION:The MTA’s dashboard\, metrics.mta.info\, which is built entirely off of open data\, is going through a major redesign in 2026. MTA’s open data team will be collecting user feedback to better understand features and visuals that the civic tech community would want.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/mta-performance-metrics-feedback-2/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260327T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260327T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T133112
CREATED:20260304T225925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260313T203206Z
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SUMMARY:VoteFeed.org (Open Data Week)
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Merlin Valdez \nVoteFeed.org is a Twitter/Bluesky-like user experience that allows constituents to interact with their respective U.S. representative in congress by sharing their opinion on policies up for vote in the legislative agenda. \nBio: Merlin Valdez is the founder of VoteFeed\, a digital civic engagement platform built to help constituents understand how their representatives vote and take informed action in response. Drawing on a career in education\, learning design\, and program leadership\, he created VoteFeed to make democratic participation more accessible\, grounded\, and actionable.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/votefeed-org-open-data-week/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260327T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260327T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T133112
CREATED:20260304T225814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260313T203405Z
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SUMMARY:Gamifying Know-Your-Rights Information (Open Data Week)
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Ray Brescia (Albany Law School) \nThis presentation will explore the power of gamification and then describe one current work in progress\, an online game\, “Haunted Housing\,” that is designed in partnership with community-based advocacy organizations in New York City to educate youth\, particularly from immigrant communities\, about housing rights.  Gamification can be utilized in many other contexts–from immigrants’ rights to school discipline–and I will describe our ground-up method for developing this tool and encourage others to explore similar initiatives in other contexts. \nBio: Professor Brescia combines his experience as a public interest attorney in New York City with his scholarly interests to address economic and social inequality\, the legal and policy implications of financial crises\, how innovative legal and regulatory approaches can improve economic and community development efforts\, and the need to expand access to justice for people of low and moderate income.  He is the author of “The Future of Change: How Technology Shapes Social Revolutions” (Cornell University Press\, 2020)\, which examines the intersection of technology and social movements\, from the American Revolution\, to the present day.  His forthcoming work\, “Lawyer Nation: The Past\, Present\, and Future of the American Legal Profession\,” due out in late 2023\, will be published by New York University Press.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/gamifying-know-your-rights-information-open-data-week/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260327T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260327T180000
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SUMMARY:DuBois Does Data (Open Data Week)
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Mike Spade (The Knowledge House) \n35 years after slavery\, Du Bois set out to provide a definitive image of the Negro condition in the United States. His data efforts not only quantified economic parity or lack thereof\, he also focused on where people lived\, and how they lived. During the 1900 Paris Exposition\, he shared his findings with the world. But how do those findings hold up 125 years later? What has changed? Has anything stayed the same? At Du Bois Does Data\, engage with his visuals\, portraits\, and data in a multi-sensory experience. Scents derived from the life and experience of W.E.B. Playlists charting the course of Black American music from his birth to his death\, a day before the “I Have A Dream Speech.” Books celebrating his work and a first edition copy of his completed passion project\, Africana. Curated vintage stamps in his image\, portraits\, and his article in Africana will serve as activations for A/R experiences\, bringing the nostalgia into the palm of your hand. In Du Bois Does Data\, we also used Python to evaluate the condition of Black Americans 125 years after his exhibit using Census data in 6 Jupyter Notebooks. \nBio: Mike Spade is a Learning Strategist focused on bridging the gap between historical scholarship and immersive technology. With a background in instructional design and a passion for data storytelling\, this latest project represents the intersection of education\, history\, and emerging tech. Over the past few years\, the Queens native has split time working for The Knowledge House and studying with the Community Sensor Lab at the Advanced Science Research Center in Harlem. He is currently showcasing Du Bois Does Data\, the first first offering from the Radical Imagination Cultural Technology Studio.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/dubois-does-data-open-data-week/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T133112
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SUMMARY:Crashcount.nyc: an open data tool for safe-streets advocacy (Open Data Week)
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Michael Freedman \nCrashcount.nyc is a public\, open-data–driven tool that uses NYC Open Data and AI to document and contextualize traffic crashes involving pedestrians and cyclists\, with the goal of supporting safer-streets advocacy at the neighborhood and district level. This session will demonstrate how publicly available NYC datasets—particularly traffic crash data—can be transformed into clear\, actionable narratives that help communities understand where traffic violence is increasing and how it relates to policy decisions\, street design\, and enforcement. The presentation will walk through the structure of Crashcount.nyc\, the datasets it relies on\, and the design decisions behind presenting complex data in a way that is usable by advocates\, journalists\, and community members without technical backgrounds. \nBio: A successful artist and entrepreneur\, Michael James Freedman took a few years off to start\, run\, and then sell Vocabulary.com. He is now making and selling his own art at MichaelJamesFreedman.com.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/crashcount-nyc-an-open-data-tool-for-safe-streets-advocacy-open-data-week/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T133112
CREATED:20260304T225505Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260313T204354Z
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SUMMARY:MTA Performance Metrics (Open Data Week)
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Lisa Mae Fiedler (MTA) \nThe MTA’s dashboard\, metrics.mta.info\, which is built entirely off of open data\, is going through a major redesign in 2026. We’d like to collect user feedback to better understand features and visuals that the civic tech community would want. \nBio: Lisa Mae Fiedler manages MTA’s Open Data program.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/mta-performance-metrics-open-data-week/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T133112
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260313T204603Z
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SUMMARY:From Data to Action: Addressing NYC Winter Heating Complaints with Data Visualization (Open Data Week)
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Masaru Kakutani (CUNY Graduate Center) \nThis presentation is designed to show how anyone interested in actionable policy can\, with the help of generative AI\, quickly create convincing stories. This demonstration is designed to help anyone who is interested in generating clear policy suggestions using NYC Data. A standard generative AI will assist in developing policy suggestions\, but the template ensures that the AI provides only support\, not direction or guidance\, for those interested in creating policies. \nBio: Masaru Kakutani has 45+ years of experience working in finance\, and is now a student at CUNY Graduate Center.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/from-data-to-action-addressing-nyc-winter-heating-complaints-with-data-visualization-open-data-week/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
CATEGORIES:CUNY affiliated
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T133112
CREATED:20260304T225235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260313T204852Z
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SUMMARY:Black Knowledge Erasure Dataset
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Sasha Richardson (CUNY Graduate Center) \nThe Black Knowledge Erasure Dataset (BKED) is a research archive designed to document how AI models like GPT-5 and Gemini distort Black history and culture through specific “hallucinations”. Rather than viewing these errors as random bugs\, the project frames them as “epistemic erasure\,” where algorithms invent authorities or omit key figures in ways that mirror historical discrimination. The dataset includes the original prompts\, the incorrect AI responses\, and human-verified annotations that identify exactly where the models failed against standard archival sources. \nBio: Sasha Richardson works at the intersection of data science\, AI\, and the humanities to design tools and systems that turn complex information into actionable insights. Currently pursuing an MA in Digital Humanities at the CUNY Graduate Center\, she is exploring how advanced analytics and AI can address equity\, resource allocation\, and decision-making challenges.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/black-knowledge-erasure-dataset/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
CATEGORIES:CUNY affiliated
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T133112
CREATED:20260304T225125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T210718Z
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SUMMARY:MindHeart AI: Developing Healing Technologies and Consensual Data Practices in the World of AI (Open Data Week)
DESCRIPTION:Presenters: Kierstin Gray\, Dr. Sará King and Katie Rouse \nMindHeart AI is a liberatory technology company centering the neuroscience of well being as a catalyst for intergenerational planetary healing. We create trauma-informed technologies that allow individuals to cultivate the necessary awareness to design sustainable pathways to well-being across personal\, social\, professional and collective communities. Utilizing the Systems Based Awareness Map\, the world’s first interactive map of human awareness\, we are building a scalable\, equitable platform combined with experiences that we call MindHeart Activations – in-person events that support collective healing through combining culturally relevant forms of somatics\, contemplative practices\, land-based rituals and retreats\, music and art\, all designed to create an infrastructure of care as a loving response to our awareness of the rising loneliness\, stress\, isolation and depression experienced across the world. \nBio: Kierstin Gray is the Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder of MindHeart AI. Her specialties are in using technology and service design thinking principles to bring about transformative change. She has designed frameworks that center around the building of narratives that use existing talents and skills within an organization to enable innovative change to resolve business problems.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/mindheart-ai-developing-healing-technologies-and-consensual-data-practices-in-the-world-of-ai-open-data-week/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T130000
DTSTAMP:20260605T133112
CREATED:20260304T225021Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260313T205153Z
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SUMMARY:Drop-in Data Discussions & AI Dialogs for Real World Solutions (Open Data Week)
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Lauri Goldkind (Fordham University) \nThis is a one-day in-person drop-in\, office hours style session aimed at human services professionals and similar public sector staff to learn about ways that Open Data and AI might be used to help their organizations\, and to share experiences and challenges they currently face. The session will include hands-on activities and demos\, educational materials\, informal one-on-one discussions\, group Q+A’s\, and design activities. The first hour will include interactive table demonstrations of open data resources; the second hour will focus on the potential of AI capabilities for documenting impacts and improving organizational performance; the third hour will offer human services and local government agency staff the change to bring their data questions to office hours\, meeting with like-minded colleagues\, academics with domain expertise in data and AI literacy and student assistants. \nBio: Lauri Goldkind is a Professor of Social Work at the Graduate School of Social Service\, Fordham University. She is interested in how digital tools\, artificial intelligence and open data can make the lives of individuals in and served by the social sector better. She is honored to partner with orgs such as the Nonprofit AI Sprint\, Social Current\, BetaNYC and Breaking Ground.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/drop-in-data-discussions-ai-dialogs-for-real-world-solutions-open-data-week/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260324T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260324T180000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260313T205604Z
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SUMMARY:Space Apps Showcase (Open Data Week)
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Nate Cooper (Kingsborough Community College) \nIn this session\, learn about the NASA Space Apps Challenge\, NASA’s global data hackathon. Each year NASA posts 11 challenges to use its data in unique ways over the course of a weekend. Last year\, there were over 100k participants globally. You’ll meet participants from last year’s hackathon including winning teams\, judges\, and mentors from the NYC local site. What does it take to turn an open data set into something useful\, fun\, and engaging? Learn what happened\, what projects are still being developed\, and how to build your own solutions using NASA’s data. Following a presentation\, we’ll do a hands-on workshop so you can learn how to build your own open data app. \nBio: Nate Cooper is a lecturer in the UX Design concentration at Kingsborough College. Nate has been a Partner at SWARM\, a UX\, Product Design Agency founded in 2013 in New York City. \nNate has been developing websites professionally since 1997. After working in marketing at Apple Inc\, Nate established himself within the New York tech and startup community. His writing has appeared in Mashable and his book Build Your Own Website: A Comic Guide to HTML\, CSS and WordPress has been a bestseller in Programming: CSS books on Amazon.com.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/space-apps-showcase-open-data-week/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
CATEGORIES:CUNY affiliated
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T180000
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SUMMARY:Brooklyn Through Data Design : Mapping Place\, Power\, and Urban Systems
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Apurva Jhamb \nCentered on Brooklyn\, the event will showcase a series of data-driven maps and visual narratives created using NYC Open Data datasets related to housing\, land use\, landmarks\, environmental conditions\, and neighborhood change. The session will demonstrate how public data when paired with thoughtful design can move beyond technical analysis to become an accessible storytelling tool for communities\, planners\, designers\, and civic technologists.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/brooklyn-through-data-design-mapping-place-power-and-urban-systems/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T133112
CREATED:20260304T224536Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260313T205723Z
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SUMMARY:The Cloud is a Place in Brooklyn (Open Data Week)
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Zoe Voss Lee (MIT) \nIn this speculative design workshop\, we ask: What if our data infrastructure lived in our neighborhood parks\, schools\, or community gardens? What if a data center didn’t just store files\, but also used its excess heat to warm a public pool in the winter? What if your neighborhood’s digital history was stored in a “Community Memory Bank” that you helped manage? What if data infrastructure was owned by communities and served community needs? \nBio: Zoe Voss Lee is an urbanist building tools that shift power toward communities by collectivizing efforts for environmental and economic justice. Currently seeking conversations with people building community power through decentralized energy and data infrastructure in New York City!
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/the-cloud-is-a-place-in-brooklyn-open-data-week/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T180000
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CREATED:20260304T224231Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260313T210356Z
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SUMMARY:What's Lost in the Waters? Dive into NYC's Flood Vulnerability Index (Open Data Week)
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Sneha Srivastava (Macaulay Honors College) \nThe goal of this project is to visualize the variables included in New York City’s Flood Vulnerability Index dataset. The key visualization is a three-dimensional interactive model\, mapping the Flood Susceptibility to Harm and Recovery Index against the median household income of each census tract within the city\, in addition to maps of future flooding scenarios. As such\, the project tackles issues of environmental justice and sustainability\, while addressing the policy implications of climate resilience in different neighborhoods. \nBio: Sneha Srivastava is pursuing her second master’s degree in Data Analysis to complement her background in International Affairs and market research.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/whats-lost-in-the-waters-dive-into-nycs-flood-vulnerability-index/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
CATEGORIES:CUNY affiliated
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260109T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260109T180000
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CREATED:20260106T212110Z
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SUMMARY:NYC PIT Pop-Up Relaunch Open House
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, January 9th from 12:00pm-6:00pm\, the City University of New York Public Interest Technology Lab (CUNY PIT Lab)\, in partnership with BetaNYC and the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN)\, will be hosting an open house announcing the re-launch of the NYC PIT Pop-Up after a highly successful debut in the fall of 2025. The NYC PIT Pop-Up will continue to be located at the iconic Oculus/World Trade Center (Main Floor\, Concourse Level 2). \nThis open house is an opportunity for the public to explore the space alongside tech workers\, artists\, and community partners who will showcase some of the work that has been featured at the pop-up. This event will also serve as a preview for upcoming events to be held in the space in the year to come. \nNYC PIT Pop-Up has transformed a public storefront into an immersive\, community-facing space where New Yorkers can explore how technology can be designed and deployed to advance equity\, justice\, and public benefit. Featuring hands-on demonstrations\, community co-creation\, public programming\, and civic tech engagement\, the Pop-Up continues to be a living lab where technology meets public imagination.
URL:https://nycpitpopup.org/event/nyc-pit-pop-up-relaunch-open-house/
LOCATION:NYC PIT Pop Up at The Oculus\, 185 Greenwich Street\, Shop #LL4345\, Level LL4\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
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