civic geek

Activities For The Civic Geek: An Introduction

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“This is what I do.”

Geeks are active people – we do. We write, we game, we craft, we cosplay, we review. We’re always tweaking, inventing, and making.

We want to apply this. We want to make the world better, help people, improve our subculture and the culture at larger. There are issues to address, challenges to face . . .

. . . but were do we start?

We ask “What can I do?”

This series is where you can start. Think of it as a helpful, non-comprehensive, and hopefully inspiring guide to applying geekery for good. Each section is simply one suggestion, often with helpful examples or links, of one thing you can do to make the world a better place as a geek.

A lot of this came from my work on www.civicgeek.com, and is a way of taking it farther.

Now, let’s see what you can do.

Respectfully,

– Steven Savage
http://www.musehack.com/
http://www.informotron.com/
http://www.seventhsanctum.com/

Civic Geek Roundup 2/15/2015

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This time I decided to look more into horror and RPG/physical game charities.  That may be a rich area to examine in the weeks to come.

As always you can find the full list at Civic Geek, sorted by Geekery and by Focus.

Latest additions:

Art-General

Art-Visual

  • Activism
    • Artistic Activism – A site for artists interested in political and social activism

Horror

  • Charitable Work
    • Scare For A Cure – Texas-based Uses an all-volunteer haunted house to raise money and mentor youth.
    • Scares That Care – A horror convention specifically run to raise money for families in need

RPGs

Video Games

  • Charity Marathons
    • Crystals For Life – Does RPG speedruns to benefit the JDRF and their work on Type 1 diabetes.

Respectfully,

– Steven Savage
http://www.musehack.com/
http://www.informotron.com/
http://www.seventhsanctum.com/

Civic Geek Catalog Update 12/21/2014

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The latest updates to the Civic Geek catalog are here!  Be sure to visit the main site for the entire rundown sorted by Geeky Interest or Focus.

Computing

  • Charitable Work
    • DataKind – Helps connect data experts with good causes – and they’re looking for help from data techs, managers, and more!

General

  • Charitable Work
    • Kirkland Geek Gala – A geek event that raises funds for Seattle Children’s Hospital via Extra Life.
  • Collectibles
  • Education
    • Donors Choose – An online charity that helps you fund education intiatives in a project stile.

STEM

  • Citizen Science
    • SciFiles – Uses grassroots, micro-donations, and showcasing vetted projects to promote scientific advancement – with a heavy emhpasis on civilian science.

Writing/Reading

  • Books
    • Books To Prisoners – A US charity that sends free books to prisoners across the Unitied States, with a focus on self-improvement, education, and stopping recidivism.
  • Literacy
    • Alaska Literacy Program – An Alaska-based literacy charity with an emphasis on training and certifying teachers and tutors to impart reading, writing, and speaking skills.
    • Book Ends – A nonprofit focusing on empowering children through literacy and a focus on leadership in communities.
    • Family Reading Partners – A coalition of people and organizations that promotes literacy via family reading practices.
    • Reach Out And Read – A nonprofit organization of medical providers who promote literacy and school readiness in pediatric care with parental advice.
  • Military Support

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, publishes books on career and culture at http://www.informotron.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.