{"id":1018,"date":"2012-06-11T14:33:38","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T18:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2012.boston.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_session&p=1018"},"modified":"2012-11-21T05:27:35","modified_gmt":"2012-11-21T10:27:35","slug":"the-future-of-civic-engagement-and-education","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/boston.wordcamp.org\/2012\/session\/the-future-of-civic-engagement-and-education\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Civic Engagement and Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

The political environment in the US and around the world is in a state of disarray. The governments and agencies that represent the population are generally not well connected to the individuals, and individuals remain uninformed and unengaged in policy-making decisions that affect them.<\/p>\n

There are several e-democracy platforms that aim to bridge this gap and improve civic engagement. In this discussion, we will examine some of the most effective e-democracy platforms (“We the People”, Change.org, and more), how citizens get their information (news, media, word-of-mouth), and most importantly, how a dynamic WordPress platform can improve communication between constituents and elected officials. Through leveraging open-source collaboration and real-time data from sources such as GovTrack.us and Sunlight Labs, the creation of a 21st century civic-engagement and education tool is just around the corner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The political environment in the US and around the world is in a state of disarray. The governments and agencies that represent the population are generally not well connected to the individuals, and individuals remain uninformed and unengaged in policy-making … Continue reading The Future of Civic Engagement and Education<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":541,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":0,"_wcpt_session_duration":3000,"_wcpt_session_type":"","_wcpt_session_slides":"","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[751],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[32019],"session_category":[],"class_list":["post-1018","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","hentry","wcb_track-education-government"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2g0GA-gq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"session_date_time":{"date":"","time":""},"session_speakers":[{"id":"751","slug":"daniel-sullivan","name":"Daniel Sullivan","link":"https:\/\/boston.wordcamp.org\/2012\/speaker\/daniel-sullivan\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/1018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/boston.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/1018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2030,"href":"https:\/\/boston.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/1018\/revisions\/2030"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/751"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/migon"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston.wordcamp.org\/2012\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=1018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}