Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Although reports of the massacre appeared in the United States, Salvadoran army and government leaders denied them and, all too soon, El Mozote was forgotten. But, we still have to protect our users from attacks from many repressive governments around the world.

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Burma Analysis Guatemala Law 168

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

The Benetech Human Rights Program (HRP) is hard at work to ensure that technology and science best meet the needs of human rights defenders in these critical times.

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International Guatemala Colombia Analysis 150

Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2007

The US Campaign for Burma is asking for a boycott of the Games: "China is paralyzing UN Security Council action on Burma. points out that the Olympics' start date, August 8, 2008, is the, "the 20th anniversary of the massacre of peaceful democracy activists in Burma." Requests for change are coming from within China as well.

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Darfur China Burma Rwanda 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

What if organizations did not have government funding or pursue it? What if you committed to leave this conference with a tangible commitment to changing one thing about the way your organization's operates. Disaster Relief: Described their efforts for Tsunami and Katrina and mentioned efforts for Burma and China.

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Australia Conference Guidelines Comment 56

Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

It felt to me like coming out of the closet when I began talking about spiritual practice with my activist friends"--Marisa Handler The more I write about organizations and individuals who are creating social change, the more I realize that to create true change, we need to change our inner world and our outer world.

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Interview South Africa Iowa India 40

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 7, 2013

I recently had the pleasure of visiting one of our longtime Martus partners in Thailand, The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma ( ND-Burma ). It was so gratifying to see firsthand how Martus , a free and open-source software tool developed by Benetech, is empowering people to be the change they wish to see.

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Burma Thailand China Bangladesh 176

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 18, 2011

WITNESS currently utilizes the following social media tools: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and “Video for Change” (blog). 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.

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Social Media Examples Interview Media 231