Join Our Organization
endCoronavirus.org is built and maintained by the New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) and collaborators.
Our goal
Stop the spread of COVID-19
Consult governments, institutions and individuals
Provide useful data and guidelines
Crush the Curve
Our team consists of over 4,000 volunteers and includes scientists, engineers, medical doctors and countless motivated individuals ready to take action. Everyone can help.
Our work concentrates on five areas
Outreach
We make contact and communicate with individuals, communities, and governments, providing guidelines for action.
Communications
We provide information throughout the world through newsletters and various social media platforms.
Tech
We build websites and apps to help track and prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Response
We engage in medical response innovation and facilitate deliveries of medical equipment and PPE to those in need.
Scanning and Analytics
We discover, analyse, and present data related to COVID-19.
The way we work: Slack
We use Slack as a communication tool to help organize our projects.
Once you join our Slack workspace, you’ll be presented with introductory material which helps you get started by familiarizing you with our ongoing projects. Each project will have a specific channel which you can join, and each channel will have a pinned introductory document located near the top of the screen which will get you up to speed. If you have a specific project you would like to work on, see if there is already a group working on this project. If it is not already being done, you can start a channel and build a team to help! Having a collection of over 4,000 individuals which includes experts in many fields, the potential for impact is huge.
To help navigate the Slack workspace, our channels have been categorized using the prefixes listed below. In Slack, you can find these by searching “#prefix” with the prefix which you are interested in. To view all channels, you can click on “Channels” on the left-hand side of the screen.
Our Slack channels
#general
general channels for everyone
basic organizational processes
strategic alignment
#analytics
analytics
data
visualization
mapping
#outreach
efforts focused on outreach to individuals or communities
#com
communications
community relations
#tech
technology
website
apps
etc
#link
common channels with other
organizations
projects
partners
#response
efforts to help with the on the ground response efforts, including medical
If you see a particular channel that seems the best fit for you, please feel free to reach out and offer your support. The more you share in how you can contribute, the better we can get you on a task. Each team leader will look to point you in the right direction based on this.
This is a self-organizing team! Have a look around and get a feel for what skills you bring to the table and where people need help. If you are keen on starting your own project you can do that too!