Forum One

MAY 27, 2009

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out. With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue.

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Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Context for the event from Rory Cellan-Jones: Prevailing ethos of the web has been libertarian, optimistic about the potential of the internet to be a medium of free expression and break down barriers. That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China.

Iran 152

Iran Technology China Government 152

Care2

OCTOBER 3, 2011

People have been silenced throughout time by media outlets, governments and authority figures who strive to keep minorities and protestors at bay. Women in Iran and protestors on Wall Street think so. Universal Rapid Gamma Emitter, whose purpose is to generate a broader audience range for activists. In the U.S.,

Voice 31

Voice Social Media Iran Media 31

Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2015

After taking degrees at UCLA and Tel Aviv University and completing a tour of duty with the Israeli Army, Keyes became coordinator for democracy programs under famed Soviet dissident and Israeli minister Natan Sharansky. It caused a social media furor, and the Iranian government released Tavakoli for a time.

Skills 36

Skills North Korea Iran Russia 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

However, there were astonishingly few nonprofits or foundations present at PDF (unless you count academics from universities). While some have a Utopian vision of the Internet as the Great Integrator, or Ultimate Public Space, boyd cautioned against this naïve illusion and pushes us to work harder to cross the digital divide. (My

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Grant Personal Reflection New York City 90