Christopher Whitaker

@civicwhitaker.com

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Civic Technologist | Executive Director, Alliance of Civic Technologists | Army Veteran | Alumni of Code for America, Defense Digital Service and USDS #civictech #chicago #illinois Really doesn’t like bullies Signal: civicwhitaker.53

A photo of a light brown adult coyote laying in the grass next to a channel. The coyote is just chilling watching the world go by
Poster depicting the four freedoms as laid out by President Franklin Roosevelt. Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, Freedom from Fear
Six whistles arranged on a Bambu A1 Mini in an ‘A’ similar to the Avengers logo. The whistles are two colors mimicking the characters Wolverine, Iron Man, Spider-man, Spider-Gwen and the Hulk
An older veteran of the US Marine Corps with long dark hair carries an American flag across a field of tear gas. He is completely unbothered by it. A homemade protest signs lays before him on the concrete stating ‘Every Agent Will Be Held to Account’ Photo by Stacey Wescott, Chicago Tribune
An older man with long dark hair carries an American flag across a cloud of tear gas outside the ICE facility at Broadview. A protest signs lays on the ground before him stating "Every Agent Will Be Held To Account"
A job posting on USAJOBS outlining supplemental information - it reads SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION REQUIRED Please be sure the following tasks are answered and uploaded to the document section of your application: Write a 10-page analysis of metaphors in The Great Gatsby, including citations. Convert the analysis into a concise 200-word executive summary. Translate both the full essay and summary into Spanish and Mandarin. Create a table comparing the metaphor themes across three other novels of your choice, with one paragraph of synthesis. Rewrite the original essay in the style of a scientific paper with an abstract.
A bag of Hot Dog flavored Local Style Potato Chips. The front features an anamorphic cartoon Chicago style hot dog carrying a pickle and wearing a sky blue baseball hat with a red Chicago start on it
A half dozen tech founders sit upon a steel beam that juts out over the city - an image calling back to the classic photo of workers building a skyscraper.
A orange butterfly surrounded by 21 orange star in a circle with the star at the top twice as big as the rest - the background of the flag is dark blue
A road sign with the Village of Skokie logo and the words ‘Unauthorized Activity is Prohibited on Village Property Including Civil Immigration Enforcement Acitivty’
Statue of Ceres, Roman goddess of grain - she is silver and faceless - holding a stack of wheat in one hand and a bag in the other
Poster of Chicago’s I Will Maiden standing in front of the city pointing and saying UNDAUNTED WE RESIST - Below, it reads REPORT ICE 855-435-7693
A poster depicting the “I will” Maiden standing over the City of Chicago - her silver armor adorned with “I WILL” - she reaches her arm out to point and declares “Undaunted - We Resist” - The ICIRR hotline is below with the words “REPORT ICE 855-435-7693”
Sign reading ‘empty is the head that wears the crown’
Protest sign that reads ‘Tear-gassing children won’t make your dick bigger’
A protest sign painted orange with Linus writing a letter to The Great Pumpkin that reads ‘Dear Great Pumpkin, please do something about your evil cousin.”
Four signs hanging up in a restaurant - The top left says “EVERYONE IS WELCOME HERE * EXPECT ICE * in English. The bottom left is the same message in Spanish. A know your rights card is on the right in both English and Spanish. The food is delicious.
A protest for immigrant rights marching down a Chicago street past a black federal building- an American flag hangs from a skyscraper backlight by a glorious sunset
GI Rights Hotline 877-447-4487
Civic Spark Name Tag with Christopher written on it
A coffee mug with the Chi Hack Night logo - it is a six pointed star like the Chicago flag, but with three light blue points alternating with red
A pile of hex shaped with featuring the Alliance of Civic Technologists and various other member organizations
A poster of the semi-centennial celebration of the Chicago Fire - A woman stands tall over the skyline wearing a golden winged helmet and silver chest plate emblazoned with the words “I WILL”
A photo of the Sears Tower with its upper half hidden beneath low hanging clouds
A blue star shaped donut sits next to an iPad with an Alliance of Civic Technologists sticker on it. A Chi Hack Night coffee mug is next to it
Sticker that says move carefully and fix things - a wrench is above the text
Chi Hack Night welcome slide featuring Cook Country Treasurer’s office
Coffee mug sitting in a nespresso machine that reads ‘Chi Hack Night’ - the words are next to a modified Chicago style star
A dozen 2 inch hexagon stickers laid out in a circle - 11 are stickers for ACT member organization and they surround a pile of ACT stickers featuring a star and the words ‘alliance of civic technologists’ - a union bug is present on all stickers
A 2-inch union made hex sticker with the "ACT Network'd Star" logo in the center - the words "Alliance of Civic Technologists" surround it in red lettering
Blue sticker that says ‘Move Carefully and Fix Things’ - sticker created by Bill Hunt
Room full of people facing a projector screen as the two hosts go over the agenda
Roman style statue of a woman with a eagle crown, sitting on top of a pedestal with the word CHICAGO on it - her breastplate adorned with the words “I WILL”
A heart shaped deep dish pizza
A man holding a comically large samurai sword with the words “While you were partying, I was studying the FAR” “While you were in coding boot camp, I became a COR”
Politico headline depicting some bullshit about ‘Democrats falling for the foreign aid trap’
Tribune headline - splashed across entire front page - “They will not break us: Chicago becomes epicenter of resistance amid Trump’s immigration crackdown”
https://www.organizedcommunities.org/ flyer
Witness and ICE Raid? National Deportation Defense Hotline: 1-844-363-1423 or text 877877 OCAD Chicago Support Line: 1-855-435-7693 Save these contact numbers - non-Illinois friends see nnirr.org for more resources
Software Frankenstein monster
Screenshot Jen Pahlka's post “I am going to give Elon and Vivek the benefit of the doubt that some of you may not be so generous to extend: that they don’t actually want to destroy everything they see despite the rhetoric, that they are willing to break some things in the short term for the promise of building something leaner, more focused, and less kludgy in the long run
Poster showing ACT’s new members: Code for Dayton, Code for Boston, Code for Philly, Civic Tech Atlanta, SF Civic Tech, BetaNYC, and Chi Hack Night
Prime Rib, right out the oven
A seasoned, but uncooked, prime rib roast
A toy Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle used by the Army to carry troops into battle - armed with a 25mm gun and rocket launcher. The 3rd Infantry Division patch is a brown square with three tan lines running diagonally. Also seen is a reversed US flag and a globe behind a map of the United States.