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Month December 2009

1st Year Anniversary Party

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate with Digital Democracy as we  turned one year old.
Over 200 people came to eat, drink, and be merry at the Open Planning Project’s gorgeous penthouse & rooftop in Soho, NYC for a party highlighting young change-makers in NYC. Even more tuned in to watch LIVE as [...]

Thanks to all who made Little Brother a success

Huge thanks to the 58 backers who helped us reach and exceed our goal for our Little Brother vs. Big Brother campaign. Thanks to their support, we’ll be translating Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother into four Burmese languages.
We used Kickstarter to run the campaign and we’re extremely happy with the results. Kickstarter is a funding platform [...]

Video message from Emily: 28 hours left to support Burmese activists

Thanks to 46 backers, we’ve raised 75% of the money we need to translate Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother into four Burmese languages. It’s been amazing to see such support.
But we only have until Dec. 15th at 8pm EST to raise the rest of the amount. Can you chip in and pledge? If we don’t [...]

Introducing Project Roebling

When the Brooklyn Bridge was built in 1893, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world. Built by John, Washington and Emily Warren Roebling, it was a feet of engineering that has connected millions of people.
We’re working on our own bridge, for educators to connect students around the world. Partnering with MIT Center for [...]

DdTv Episode 8: Burma's Political Prisoners

The number of political prisoners has increased exponentially since Burma’s Saffron Revolution in 2007. This number, as told by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners‘ Aung Myo Thein, is a clear indicator of the political situation in Burma.
In this episode of DdTv, Mark and Emily travel to northern Thailand to launch Handheld Human Rights. While [...]

Virtual Worlds and Nonprofits

Mark recently represented Digital Democracy at the Global Kids’ Virtual World Capacity Building Program, a four-week intensive exposure to virtual worlds for public good institutions. At the end of the program, each of the participants gave presentations at the Global Kids-hosted Fall 09 Roundtable on Virtual Worlds and Nonprofits on MacArthur Island in Second Life [...]