Sarah Rigdon

content strategist and instructional designer focused on civic tech (she/her)

[Sarah Rigdon @sarah_rigdon]

I'm so proud of my teammates for making sure Austin residents have the information they need to hold @austintexasgov accountable to their long-overdue promise of accessible digital services. It shouldn't be this hard.

[Austin Chronicle @AustinChronicle]

From the city's COVID vaccine portal to just about every single page at https://t.co/Goxl8XNsUz, there's no denying it's an online destination best avoided. Yet we're a world-renowned tech capital. Why can’t the city get it right? Read more: https://t.co/T6MqQHP9Ts

[Peter Kalmus @ClimateHuman]

A few personal notes:
I was just at a NASA team meeting for 3 days in DC. The scientific findings are so fucked up. Experts on tropical rainforests told me privately that they think the Amazon has already passed its tipping point. Let that sink in. The world needs to know

[CFA Workers United @CfAWorkers]

It’s time to talk about union busting: @CodeforAmerica leadership has unilaterally stripped our colleagues of union protections and canceled negotiations. Stand with workers and sign onto our petition: https://t.co/8arWRZZQd5 ✊

[Sarah Rigdon @sarah_rigdon]

This is a huge loss. @SceneOnRadio’s work has been vital. Season 2 is especially important for anyone who wants to learn about whiteness and race in the US. https://t.co/FU5Tl9fpkm

[Greg Casar @GregCasar]

Austin can lead the nation with the Police Oversight Act on your May ballot.

#ATXCouncil has a choice tomorrow: Lock in weaker oversight with a 4-year police contract that cuts out the voters, or support @chitovela3’s 1-year deal that gives voters a say in civil rights & safety.

[Chris Alfano @themightychris]

I'm disappointed this is happening as a result of philanthropy's continued failure to fund important groundwork just because it's hard to measure direct outcomes from

But I've long felt that brigades could be more successful using a modern+dedicated fiscal host like @opencollect

[Kate Tarling @kateldn]

The Service Organization book is officially out today! It's a distillation of how to build the much-needed foundations for what the organisations behind successful services look like. Based on 15+ years of practical hands-on experience and leadership in governments, telcos,... 🧵

[Chris Harris @chrisharris101]

🗣 Austin Police contract update:

-public "negotiation" sessions have become a sham
-City Manager Cronk is on the same side as the Police Association
-Cronk is even linked to their fraud ballot petition
-the long-term deal he's negotiating will be bad on accountability & dollars

[Selena Xie @SelenaforAustin]

So far we have had fatalities, many injuries, so many wrecks, & emergency vehicles hit. EMS has gone into emergency staffing thru the winter event. Spirits are high, but conditions tonight will get worse. Again, please stay home until Thursday morning. Things will clear up!

[Jolie McCullough @jsmccullou]

Prisoners across Texas are organizing a hunger strike to protest the state’s solitary confinement practices starting tomorrow — the first day of #txlege.

Texas routinely keeps people in solitary for years. 500+ have been in isolation at least a decade.

https://t.co/YlKc99a3zF

[chia berry @chiaberry]

New Austin city council members being sworn in on Thursday means only a few more days with my favorite Austin city webpage.

Thank you for your service "ana cocina". At least "leslie piscina" has a few more years on her term.

[Chris Harris @chrisharris101]

By pretending to be w/ @EquityActionATX, + copying the name, caption & format of our measure to try & sneak their proposal on the May ballot, those involved are showing that they know their effort can't stand on its own merits, so their only chance is to try & stand on ours.

[Will Potter @will_potter]

These activists are connecting the intersecting issues of climate change, racism, and the militarization of police.

And they're doing it through community organizing and putting their bodies on the line.

It's not the tree sits. Not the rocks. This. This is the threat.

[ashli molina @MolinaAshli]

Sad I missed the GLX celebration yesterday due to being out of town, but I'd love to highlight the work my colleagues in the Customer Tech Dept did to support GLX, in close coordination w/ the GLX team + other T depts. It's nerdy + not super visible, but important! Thread 🧵

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

The House just passed an $858,000,000,000 defense bill and not a single person, nor the media, asked “how are we going to pay for it?”

When it’s time fund programs that help poor people, we hear that question from Dems, the GOP, & pundits in the corporate media.

[Sarah Rigdon @sarah_rigdon]

I just signed a @theactionnet petition: Create White Oak Bayou Park. Sign here: https://t.co/4DAIWTL6iS

[Austin Sanders @daustinsanders]

An interesting story is unfolding effort to transform police oversight in Austin.

Equity Action, the group of well-known advocates that successfully petitioned to get an oversight ordinance on the May ballot, says an unknown group is impersonating them in a new petition campaign