🚨🚨 “We need to figure out how to give … us a chance to build up civic muscles” said @BarackObama in his speech today on #disinformation, mentioning the “great work” being done @CCCatMIT in “making online conversations more civil and productive”. https://t.co/YMQlzMBLdK 1/3

On Nov. 10, more than 100 Boston community members joined MIT CCC at Boston’s Artists for Humanity to celebrate the completion of the https://t.co/4LQu2MzqLS project. Thank you for listening, asking big questions, and imagining a more connected Boston with us. 📸 Taylor Coester

This work was done with awesome collaborators @_maggatronn @bcroygbiv @dkroy @jad_kabbara from @MIT @CCCatMIT @medialab Make sure to check out Brandon’s presentation on Friday Nov 7, Room A109 at 10:30! Paper link: ​​ https://t.co/EXE2gF71LP 8/8

🎧 What does Boston sound like when you stop to listen? Explore realtalk@Boston, a new public portal from @MITCCC where you can hear 250+ Bostonians share stories about belonging, safety, and the future of their city — in their own voices. 🔗 Listen now: https://t.co/4LQu2MzqLS

Congrats to the honorees in the 2025 MIT Prize for Open Data, including @CCCatMIT students Maggie Hughes + Cassandra Overney! Presented by @MITLibraries + @ScienceMIT, the prize recognizes projects that exemplify the principles + impact of open data.

Watch: Media Lab Professor @dkroy traces his path from studying how robots learn to founding the @CCCatMIT.

📢 We're hiring! Join the MIT Center for Constructive Communication as an Instructional Designer & Program Manager for realtalk@MIT—a dialogue initiative shaping the future of campus communication. Hybrid in Cambridge, MA. 🔗 Apply: https://t.co/5ClZyC7AUv (Job ID: 25107)

A flagship project of @CCCatMIT, realtalk@MIT brings members of the MIT community together in guided, small-group conversations aimed at building trust and connections among classmates and colleagues.

Today, @frontlinepbs announced the launch a two-phase initiative to engage young people in #civic #dialogue through journalistic storytelling, emerging technologies and public conversations. The initiative will be supported by @cortico and @CCCatMIT. 🔗 https://t.co/rz27CKBK8O

Currently happening at #CHI2025 @Schropes presenting on RAG-based /sensemaking for community conversations. Work with @dougb @CCCatMIT

Excited to be in Yokohama 🇯🇵 for my first ever CHI! Presenting today work on a human-AI collaboration tool for the analysis and interpretation of facilitated conversations. 3:10 PM - G412 Looking forward to an exciting #CHI2025 and to chats about HCI x NLP @medialab @CCCatMIT

Today, in partnership with @Mila and @CIFAR, the Centre is launching “Deliberative Approaches to Inclusive Governance,” a 7-part essay series exploring how deliberative democratic processes can strengthen #AI governance. 🧵 Read it here: https://t.co/6KKllrRgUr

@dkroy, professor at MIT and co-founder of @Cortico, @lessig, professor at Harvard Law School, and @audreyt of @mozilla and @pro_jectliberty, explore how “digital conversation networks”—platforms for structured discussion—offer an opportunity to rebuild democratic engagement.

🗓️ Deadline extended to Friday, April 25, 2025 🗓️ T-2 Days to Apply!

We’re hiring a Prototype Engineer @ MIT CCC! Build tools that foster constructive dialogue & drive social impact. 💻 Frontend + UX focus 🌍 Field-tested prototypes 📍 Hybrid (Cambridge, MA) 🕐 6-month role 🧠 Apply here: https://t.co/p44fEu8c6E

🎨 Boston artists! Just 4 days left to apply to realtalk@Boston — turn real stories into powerful public art. - Deadline: April 21 - $3K–$5K stipend - Must be Boston-based Apply now 👉 https://t.co/bOYEegFOj5

➡️CCC and @DemocracyNext co-hosted the second tech-enhanced Student Assembly last week. 19 undergraduates discussed priorities for MIT's sustainability future, emphasizing better communication, more community engagement, and greater transparency. 🔗 https://t.co/byAmaf391S

🚀 CCC launches the inaugural student advisory board, consisting of seven undergraduate students who will guide the realtalk@MIT program as well as CCC’s research efforts in order to better focus these initiatives on the current needs of MIT students. 🔗 https://t.co/sgfeBC143h

Bridging Dictionary Featured Word: "Deep state" Once a right-wing conspiracy term, "deep state" has entered mainstream political discourse—with vastly different meanings depending on your viewpoint. 🔍 Explore how it's used across politics: https://t.co/ksxzBz1Y1O

If you’re at #COLING2025, come to Poster 3 at the 1:30 PM poster session to learn about context collapse across social conversations and how to address that with LLMs. (Otherwise, guaranteed bad luck for 7 years!) Work led by @shremoha @CCCatMIT @medialab #NLProc @coling2025

For the @MITboston’s “Mind and Machine” series, Media Lab Prof. Deb Roy (@CCCatMIT) discusses his approach to creating spaces for listening and understanding in an age of polarization. https://t.co/ZsvUwASHap