Welcome to the EA DC Newsletter! Below are some of the events and resources that may be of interest to you this month. If you have something you'd like to include in next month's newsletter please email us! If this was forwarded to you, you can subscribe here.

Upcoming Events / Deadlines:

July 07: US Policy Careers Speaker Series - Working in the Executive Branch
July 11: EA DC hike and picnic in Rock Creek Park
July 13: US Policy Careers Speaker Series - Working in Congress
July 16: Legal Priorities Project Speaker Series - Seth Baum on AI governance
July 20: US Policy Careers Speaker Series - Working in think tanks
July 30: Deadline to apply for WANBAM’s next cohort of mentees. (Details below)
July 29: Reading group on transhumanism. (Details below)
July 31: Cause area meetup launch party! (Details Below)

07/31: Cause Area Meetup Launch Party!

We are pleased to launch monthly cause-area meetups for people who are interested/working in the same fields. To celebrate this new initiative and to get things started off in a big way, we will be hosting a launch party on Sat. July 31st from 3-5PM at Bar Deco with food, networking, and some cause-area specific activities. We hope that everyone who will be joining the monthly meetups will attend the launch party, but those who are simply interested in learning more about their specific cause areas or meeting others working in and interested in their cause areas (or others!) are also welcome to join. Please RSVP as soon as possible, however, as space is limited and we may not be able to accommodate everyone who is interested. Register here!

US Policy Careers Speaker Series:

This speaker series is intended to be useful for people who are looking to learn more about which types of US policy jobs are good fits for them and what steps they can take to prepare for these jobs. More than a dozen speakers will share their policy career experiences and provide advice for those seeking to enter the field.📝 Sign up here. 📝

Speakers will include people who are currently working in or have worked at the following organizations, as directors, researchers, advisors, lawmakers, and other roles:

US National Security Council (White House)
US State Department
US House of Representatives
US Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)
Congressional Research Service
Center for Security and Emerging Technology
New America
OpenLabs
Civis Analytics
New Hampshire State Legislature

Want to virtually cowork with other DC EAs? Sign up on this EA DC co-working interest form. Interested in the broader community? Check out the EA Focusmate group to co-work with EAs from around the world! Read Alexey Guzey’s experience with co-working here.

WANBAM mentee applications are open:

Women and Non-Binary Altruism Mentorship (WANBAM) are accepting Expressions of Interest for mentees! The application round is open from the 10th of June to the 30th of July. WANBAM connect and support a global network of women, trans people of any gender, and non-binary people interested in Effective Altruism (EA) through mentorship, and professional and personal support. Apply here!

Do you know someone in our community that should be in the spotlight? Maybe you have just published a book, gotten a new job, or started a new charity or project? If you have an idea for a future spotlight please email us to let us know!

Join a Reading Group:

EA DC Book Reading Group: We finished Julia Galef’s new book The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Clearly and Others Don’t. if you have a recommendation for what we should read next please email us!

EA DC Article Reading Group: Meets monthly, covering a different topic area of interest each month. This month the topic is transhumanism and we’re meeting on July 29. Join the email list and feel free to drop in for any discussion that would interest you, or feel free to simply enjoy the readings on your own. Email melissahopkins9@gmail.com to be added!

Housing Spreadsheet

Looking to live with other DC-area EAs? Check out this spreadsheet for available rooms in the area or add your name if you are looking for a place or looking to rent.

DC Fray Kickball

EA DC now has an official DC Fray kickball team! Join us for casual games Tuesdays from 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM starting July 20th. There’s a $69 due for the season per player, if it would be a hardship to pay contact us and we can help deFRAY the cost.

To join register here, then under “Join an Existing Group” choose the team “Home Base Rate Neglect” (taking suggestions for a better EA kickball pun...)

DC-Based Jobs:

Department of Labor is hiring an IT specialist to improve unemployment insurance and to support evidence-based policy and decision making through AI
Georgetown Law’s Climate Center is hiring an associate to work on adaptation and mitigation policy projects.
Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) is hiring an AI research fellow.
DOD’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) is hiring an AI/ML Strategy and Policy Technical Expert.
The US Senate seeks a Cybersecurity Technical Director and Supervisor.
The Atlantic Council’s China Global Hub is seeking a Director and Coordinator.
The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) is hiring interns (Deadline July 5).
For more, check the 80k job board, Animal Advocacy Careers, Green Jobs Network, and EA Job Postings FB Group.
We are in the early stages of compiling a crowdsourced guide to applying to jobs in DC listing job boards, nonprofits, etc. Please contact us if you’d like to help!

Articles and Recommendations:

Google is using AI to design its next generation of AI chips faster than humans can. Meanwhile, Github and OpenAI introduce an AI coding Copilot, and the National Security Comm’n on AI released their Report to Congress.
Ranked choice voting comes to NYC! See this 80k episode on improving voting.
Matt Yglesias (Slow Boring) on the importance of “Secret Congress.”
Would a proposed bill in Congress impose significant limits on patient philanthropy?
World’s first cultured meat-production plant opens in Israel. But Where’s the “Impossible Burger” of cheese? Dylan Mathews on whether we should eat insects.
What lessons can we draw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?
Sign up on the EA Hub to connect with other EAs around the world!

Charity News & Recommendations:

New charity the Welfare Footprint Project is a multidisciplinary research effort to measure the ethical “footprint” of animal-sourced products and services.
EA Giving Tuesday posts a 2020 Retrospective.
The Life You Can Save published their 2020 Annual Report.
Rethink Priorities issued reports on Charter Cities, global lead exposure, and nuclear weapons.
Giving What We Can relaunched their YouTube page.
GiveWell updated their cost-effectiveness model. See their latest recommendations (including a new top charity) here.
Open Philanthropy has a new Co-CEO. They shared their Progress in 2020 and Plans for 2021. See where their staff are donating.
Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) announced their 2021 movement grants.
Giving Green has recommendations for where to donate to address climate change. But see this post outlining concerns with GG. In response see this post.
Founders Pledge released a Climate Change Fund (available on EA Funds) and updated their climate change recommendations. They also released a report on investing to give.
EA Hub are working on many new improvements to the platform.
For more see this monthly update post on the EA Forum.

Great to see everyone at our June picnic!

Get in touch!

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