Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders. In my Fall 2011 President’s Update , I mentioned PBS NewsHour’s two stories, and complete press coverage of our work is listed on our website. The year 2011 has shown in many ways that the arc of history is bending toward justice.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

When we planned the meeting in fall 2011, we hoped that the gathering would catalyze the development of the Martus community – that is, initiate connections between users so that they can serve as resources for one another. In the meantime, we’re going to continue the conversations begun at the meeting.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 18, 2011

In general, views were great, the conversations were not. Recent events in Burma in 2007 and Iran in 2009 and even the US in 2010 reveal that governments can easily comb activists’ footage online and seek out protesters and citizens for arrest, persecution or worse. What is on your To Do List for 2011?

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

You can listen to all of the interviews, plus 55 more conversations with Big Visionaries on iTunes. Listen: Big Vision Podcast interview (September 7, 2011) 7. Listen: Big Vision Podcast interview (May 31, 2011) 9. Listen: Big Vision Podcast interview (July 23, 2011) 12. Jensine Larsen Founder, World Pulse.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 27, 2011

Naomi served as an artist-in-residence at Columbia College Chicago in 2008, 2010 and 2011. "The fact that it actually happens today despite the "Never Again," rhetoric, despite the fact we apologize for how we didn't act in the past, that we allow it to happen again. At this point, I'm not able to not do anything about that.

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