This weekend, Digital Democracy is heading to join the conversations at the first International Conference on Crisis Mapping (ICCM 2009).
Co-organized by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) and John Carroll University (JCU), ICCM is bringing together leading thinkers and practitioners in the field of humanitarian work and human rights, along with scholars, software developers, policy makers [...]
Heading to the first International Conference on Crisis Mapping
Oct 14, ’09
2:56 PM
On the NetSquared blog: Reaching people where they are
Jun 29, ’09
8:07 PM
NetSquared’s Alex Steed interviewed D2’s co-director Emily Jacobi last week about D2’s experiences representing Handheld Human Rights at N2Y4. He also took the opportunity to ask Emily and John Zoltner of DatAgro about why both of our projects use SMS despite the current fascination about smartphones.
For us, choosing a technology platform is all about reaching [...]
We Won a $5000 FACT Social Justice Award!
May 29, ’09
2:42 PM
It came as a total surprise, but along with 4 other unsuspecting projects, we won a special $5000 FACT Social Justice Award on Wednesday at the awesome Netsquared Conference.
About FACT: “The French American Charitable Trust (FACT) is committed to addressing the fundamental inequalities and injustices in our society by helping develop and sustain networks of [...]
Come Say Hello to the D2 Team at NetSquared!
May 26, ’09
4:21 PM
Howdy dear readers and mobile advocacy for human rights fans. The D2 Team is currently at the NetSquared conference working, jamming and spreading the word about our cool project, Handheld Human Rights.
We’re of course having a lot of fun, meeting cool people, tweeting about what we do and would love to meet you. So…come on [...]
Handheld Human Rights & the need for tech in Burma
May 26, ’09
9:53 AM
D2’s co-founders Mark and Emily are representing Handheld Human Rights at N2Y4, NetSquared’s annual conference. It’s thrilling to be at a conference focused on supporting projects on the ground.
This past weekend, D2 spent time with exiled monk leaders of Burma’s September 2007 Saffron Revolution. U Pyinya Zawta, U Gawsita and U Agga were all involved [...]
