Digital Democracy

“I paid maybe the first and last bribe in my life for “The Economist” in the Soviet Union. It was 3 rubles. A babushka (grandma) sold it to me for 6.” So says Giga Bokeria, the Secretary of the National Security Council for the country of Georgia. And he should know. He’s a crucial part of [...]

Its an honor to be invited to speak at the White House . Its especially exciting to see an administration that understands the power of youth and works to pull in our voices. The White House was pulling together 20 “awesome” youth leaders to discuss the future of international foreign aid. The conversation was between [...]

Double your support of Dd’s work empowering marginalized groups by giving to the Shadow Fund by August 1! The Shadow Fund keeps Digital Democracy moving forward: designing new programs, building relationships with the right community partners and honing our curriculum and process to continue working with the most marginalized communities around the globe, to break them out of the shadows and [...]

I just returned from Vilnius, Lithuania where Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s Innovation Team gathered over 100 people to discuss how technology can be used to further civic engagement. Techcamp was a fantastic experience, bringing together 18 facilitators & experts from around the digital space (Twitter, Facebook, VOA, NGOs) & activists and NGOs from the [...]

Since its inception, Digital Democracy has been fortunate to have the support, guidance and strategic vision of Abby Goldberg. Starting on our Advisory Board, and since 2010 working as a member of Dd’s core team, Abby has made a large impact on our identity and vision as an organization. Now, as she transitions out of [...]

NOW SEEKING: Curiosity, passion, experience. We are building our first Board of Directors and eager to hear who you think the best candidates are. The board will be a collaborative partner of Dd,  actively involved in strategy, working with us to define the cutting-edge of how technology is used to help further human rights and [...]

This week, the G8 met in in France to discuss policies that will shape the future of the internet. While it’s interesting to see this on the agenda,  it’s a crucial time to reiterate the principles agreed to upon all nations in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Digital Democracy believes in the importance of [...]

It’s getting warmer in NYC and the office is bustling with activity. We’re happy to have brought on a hacker to help us with our technical projects, as well as two Spring interns. We’re having exciting times here at Digital Democracy. Let us know if there’s anyone that you know who can help us make [...]

On Saturday, March 12th, technologists, humanitarians, and community organizers gathered at the second ever #BarCampHaiti, convened in Port Au Prince. For those not familiar with “BarCamps,” they are a conference style long popular among technologists – and increasingly other communities – with an agenda partially determined at the event itself based on the skills of [...]

Combine thoughtful and moving documentaries from around the world and a beautiful city, rich with history and culture and you have the One World Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in Prague – the largest human rights film festival in the world, which I attended two weeks ago. Dd was invited to the festival, both as [...]