Buffalo Community Engagement Workshop

This site lets people explore community engagement opportunities around Buffalo, NY.

Project Background

Every spring and fall, I host a civic engagement workshop with the University at Buffalo Office of Scholarships and Fellowships SPARK program. The workshop is designed to help first year students discover ways to get involved in the Buffalo community and help them establish those connections.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic cancelling the in-person workshop, I adapted the activities to an online format that students could participate in from any web browser.

Development

Tech Stack

• Python 3 with Django
• Heroku CI deployment
• Celery for async emails
• Vue 3 for UI

Requirements

Make sure these are installed on your machine.

• Python 3
• RabbitMQ - for async emailing

Instructions

Clone repository and open terminal in project's root directory.

$ PATH\TO\REPO\buffalo-community-engagement-map>

Setup environment

pip install pipenv

Install pipenv to manage Python virtual environment and dependencies. Learn more about pipenv.

pipenv sync

Create a Python virtual environment using pipenv and install dependencies based on the Pipfile.lock

Start local server

pipenv run manage.py runserver

Visit local server

Open server in browser at http://localhost:8000/

License

The project is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.