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Last Chance: Submit your ideas for collaborative technologies!

Submitted by Claire Sale on 28 September, 2010 - 12:23

Whether you are a technologist or a changemaker, an entrepreneur or innovator - from any country around the world - NetSquared is looking for your ideas! Social justice covers all sorts of issues, like human rights, equality, and livability; and we see web and mobile-based collaborative technologies offering tremendous opportunity to support social justice work. This is the last week to submit a Project idea to the FACT Social Justice Challenge - winners receive cash and support to build their tools!

Submissions close Oct 4th - Share your idea today!

Submit your Projects to the FACT Social Justice Challenge

Submitted by Claire Sale on 31 August, 2010 - 17:02

The 2nd annual FACT Social Justice Challenge calls for your innovative Projects that leverage web and/or mobile technologies to foster collaboration around social justice issues. Submissions are now open! You can submit your Project idea from today through October 4th. But remember: you can continue to edit, improve and add to your Project throughout that time – so submit today!

Community Justice Thrives in the Villages of Eastern Congo

Submitted by TheAdvocacy Project on 12 August, 2009 - 18:54

August 6, 2009, Luvungi, Democratic Republic of Congo: Amid the chaos and lawlessness of Eastern Congo, a local organization has developed an innovative approach to settling disputes and promoting justice, one community at a time.

Volunteer Brings Students in Washington Face-to-Face With Kenyan Poverty

Submitted by TheAdvocacy Project on 12 August, 2009 - 18:52

June 26, 2009, Washington, DC: "You are sick and it is the weekend. You have a fever and you're sweating and vomiting so you fear you have malaria. You need medical attention. All the money you have is what is in your pocket, a total of $3.59. You never went to school so you do not know how to read or write. You live in the Kibera slums."

Alternative Fuel Saves Money and Trees in War-Torn Congo

Submitted by TheAdvocacy Project on 12 August, 2009 - 18:49

Uvira, DRC: Banana peels, sugar cane and manioc are widely found in the trash piles that collect outside of homes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

They're also the ingredients being used by environmental advocates to create a light, inexpensive cooking fuel that could ease deforestation in the region.

Save the Date: Africa Policy Forum, 1:00pm-5:00pm, Feb 19 (Washington DC)

Submitted by Michael Stulman on 10 February, 2009 - 19:19

Africa Action
In collaboration with
Howard University
African Studies Department
Presents:
U.S.-AFRICA POLICY
"Projecting Change and Continuity Under the Obama Administration"

MARS TV - Alternative TV for social justice in Kenya

Submitted by Dipesh Pabari on 4 December, 2008 - 11:57

The MARS Group have been working relentlessy to bring out the buried facts of corruption, greed, theft - not that we need any more convincing that Kenya has been hijacked by a thieves. Click on the image below to watch the documentaries and promos. Spread the word and write to MARS Group if you would like a copy of all the videos. Help get them out to your neighbourhood...

Truth & Reconciliation using Web 2.0

Submitted by Sokari Ekine on 3 April, 2008 - 19:40

Truth and Reconcilliation hearings being held in Liberia are using Web 2.0 technologies to make the hearings as widely accessible as possible. The project is being supported by Georgia Tech University of Atlanta and will consist of daily updates of videos of sessions, statements, discussion forums and general up-to-date news and resources.

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