Happy New Year!

Author: mzagaja

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+title: Happy New Year!
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+Greetings Civic Hackers!
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+It is a new year and we are excited to share some plans for the next few months. First we are welcoming long time Code for Boston volunteer Nhi into our organizing team to focus on new member engagement and communication. We are hoping to better share the stories of the great work our project teams are doing and spin up some new ways for folks to engage with us throughout 2022. Stay tuned as we announce these opportunities.
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+What we’re reading & watching:
+- [Massachusetts Legislature is pressured to ease burden of criminal records](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/03/marijuana/state-legislature-pressured-ease-burden-criminal-records/) talks about criminal record expungement in Massachusetts and hones in on some Civic Tech issues with software and data.
+- [A 2021 Update from the Code for America Brigade Team](https://discourse.codeforamerica.org/t/so-long-2021-end-of-year-updates/1128?utm_campaign=Brigade&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=196765650&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--u9QaPpvWcZlIGy9ZMpSAB0BgzfUk2Bi6LTor_9ZhbHbzjbWMUckCujTgsYicP6sdCpN_WNLNCoje_hAuJTt3oIg0Tfw&utm_content=196765650&utm_source=hs_email) with financials and plans for 2022.
+- [How Tech is Helping Poor People Get Government Aid](https://www-nytimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nytimes.com/2021/12/08/us/politics/safety-net-apps-tech.amp.html?utm_campaign=Brigade&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=196765650&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--xw40y1Ri88B6DJQQegCnYgBFp4X_3_CfcpVAHreashIeYJFwx6UuqyG9T1QhxG8TPzigRDKFdS-PtEh_JhW8_7cccyQ&utm_content=196765650&utm_source=hs_email) from the New York Times
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+Matt & The Code for Boston Core Team
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+# Project Updates
+
+## [Mattapan Mapping](https://github.com/codeforboston/mattapan-mapping)
+* Added a new multicolor narrative view!
+![Mattapan Mapping Project Narratives](/img/mattapan_mapping_narratives.gif)
+* Working on mobile design.
+
+## [Clean Slate](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZ18U2gHI97WqD-C63NvORCZu1vQX6hfLI4-1FOIA1neaaXw/viewform)
+* Reviewing design plans with the [Massachusetts Recreational Consumer Council](https://massreccouncil.com).
+* Code review for testing framework submissions.
+
+## [Police Data Trust](https://github.com/codeforboston/police-data-trust)
+* Testing work in progress.