digital democracy - programs & strategy
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An overview of Digital Democracy - an NGO whose mission is empowering people around the world through new technologies that encourage civic participation and universal Human rights.TRANSCRIPT
EMPOWERING PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD
THROUGH NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT ENCOURAGE CIVIC
PARTICIPATION AND UNIVERSAL HUMAN
RIGHTS.
1Tuesday, January 26, 2010
DEMOCRACY IN THE DIGITAL ERA
HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/WHITEAFRICAN/2736565604/
Democracy• Being heard• Minority rights• Accountability and
transparency• Advocacy for change• Access
Digital Democracy• Empowerment of the
individual• Fall of hierarchies• Wider participation• Democratization of
information
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WHERE WE WORK
NEW WORDS MEDIA
HOW WE WORK
1. Identify community
2. Needs assessment
3. Work with volunteers & community groups
on programming
Locally & Globally
- pilot: Southeast Asia & USA
- research: Southern Africa, Carribean, Eastern Europe
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HAITI
VOLUNTEERISM & MAPPING
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HANDHELD HUMAN RIGHTSMAKING HUMAN RIGHTS ACCESSIBLE AND ACTIONABLE
SECURE COMMUNICATION
SECURE DOCUMENTATION
OPEN DISTRIBUTION
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21ST CENTURY LITERACY
PROJECT EINSTEIN
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CITIZEN ACCOUNTABILITY
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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
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TV
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DIGITAL-DEMOCRACY.ORG / @DIGIDEM
WHAT YOU CAN DO:• DONATE MONEY
• $35 BUYS A CHILD A BOOK OF THEIR PHOTOS
• DONATE SKILLS• ARE YOU A DESIGNER, PROGRAMMER, OR JUST SMART?
• VOLUNTEER• WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE FIELD
• JOIN US:• FACEBOOK.COM/PAGES/DIGITAL-
DEMOCRACY
• TWITTER.COM/DIGIDEM
• YOUTUBE.COM/USER/DIGITALDEMOCRACYCAM
• MYSPACE.COM/DIGIDEM
• FLICKR.COM/DIGITALDEMOCRACY
• HUB.WITNESS.ORG/DIGITALDEMOCRACYTV
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EMPOWERING PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD
THROUGH NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT ENCOURAGE CIVIC
PARTICIPATION AND UNIVERSAL HUMAN
RIGHTS.
Emily Jacobi - @[email protected]
Mark Belinsky - @[email protected]
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