Razom/IT presents “My City”: A marketplace of social projects & activists in Odessa, Ukraine

Join Razom/IT to hear how civic tech is driving change in Ukraine. Artem Borodatyuk, co-founder of the platform for social good, “Moy Gorod” is visiting New York and will share his experience of launching an online platform in Odessa, Ukraine that gets citizens to create and implement projects to make their city more livable. He calls it a marketplace of social projects and civic activists.

Two years after the Maidan protests mobilized a country, Ukraine is going through big reforms at the top. What is happening on each block of each city? Are citizens engaged? How do you transform the drive of a revolution into the boring slog of day-to-day reforms? How do you do all that after decades of Soviet rule which encouraged inaction and a separation between the governed and those who govern?

Artem has tackled all these massive questions head on. He has launched an online crowdfunding and collaboration platform that citizens are using now to pick up garbage, to improve public phone booths, to find ways to cop with stray animals, and much more. Hear from this serial entrepreneur how his venture has over 1500 registered users and 8 live projects in less than half a year.

Join Razom/IT to hear about civic tech innovation and learn how you can become part of improvements in the city. 

Presentation and Q&A will be in English.

Program:

• 6:30 Doors open
• 6:50 Opening Remarks by Dora Chomiak
• 7:00 Presentation of the ‘My Gorod’ (‘My City’) site by Artem Borodatyuk
• 7:30 Q & A Discussion moderated by Natalia Shyrba
• 8:00 Grab a drink and mingle

Tickets:

• Civic Hall Members - free

• All others ($20 at door, $15 + processing fee HERE)