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We’re sticking to it – Get #StuckonDd

Emily Jacobi — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:08:40 +0000

For two years Digital Democracy has built programs and worked with people around the world to empower groups whose voices are silenced. We train them to use innovative technologies to serve the needs they tell us they have.

Our partners — including refugee communities, government officials in Iraq, women living in tents in Haiti, middle school students in Indiana, Burma, and Kazakhstan—inspire us. We see the change in how they perceive their potential after trainings and while using new tech. We believe in the positive change they embody and the possibilities for people, democracy, technology, and freedom.

That’s why we started #stuckonDd, a campaign that brings all of our partners and supporters around the world together and show your support to the world. Where does your Dd sticker live? On your computer, phone, bike, bed, or …? Show us!

Don’t have a sticker? It’s as easy as a $10 donation that goes straight to the heart of the matter: supporting Dd at our core. We are volunteers. We are operating with small strategic grants. We are bootstrapping and getting our space generously donated. We need your help to take Dd and all it can be into our third year.

Please donate now, get a sticker, share with the community, and TWEET IT UP. We can’t wait to see where you’re #stuckonDd.

Get creative…
And if you’re in New York, join us for some sticky fun at our 2nd Birthday Party on December 20 at New Work City!

Introducing Project Roebling

Emily Jacobi — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:41:03 +0000

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 Future Civic Media and Eyebeam, Project Roebling – named for the builders of the Brooklyn Bridge – is the base for Project Einstein, our photography-based digital penpal program to connect refugee youth abroad and in the US.

Built on Development Seed‘s OpenAtrium, Roebling provides a secure space for students to share photos & video and complete assignments given by their teachers. Using Roebling will promote digital literacy among the students as they learn to blog and share information online. For teachers, Roebling allows a safe space to share curriculum and lesson plans.

We are thrilled to be partnering with MIT and Eyebeam on this project, and excited to get feedback from our pilot users this spring!

Video: Subversive Tech & Burma’s Struggle for Democracy

Gabe Hopkins — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:59:48 +0000

In April we collaborated with Not An Alternative and Eyebeam to host an event for their Upgrade! series highlighting the role that technology plays in the Burmese democracy movement. Hosted at the Change You Want To See gallery space, the event was live-streamed, and the video has just gone up. We are pleased to share it.

Part 1: An overview of the situation in Burma and beginning of Q & A.

Subversive Tech & Burma’s Struggle for Democracy (Part 1) from Not An Alternative on Vimeo.

Part 2: Continued Q&A with Stanley of the All Burma IT Students Union, including questions from the audience.

Subversive Tech & Burma’s Struggle for Democracy (Part 2) from Not An Alternative on Vimeo.

Many thanks again to everyone from Not An Alternative and Eyebeam who helped make the original event such a success and for recording and uploading the video.