Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
OCTOBER 8, 2011
Monks fighting for freedom in Burma know this. We all are complicit in a system that is exploitative. Jesus, Ghandi, and Martin Luther King all knew this. We need to know it, and internalize it. This is why I do Metta for the 1%. It's so easy to think of the 1% as people who are evil capitalists, or exploitative, or what have you.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
OCTOBER 8, 2011
Monks fighting for freedom in Burma know this. We all are complicit in a system that is exploitative. Jesus, Ghandi, and Martin Luther King all knew this. We need to know it, and internalize it. This is why I do Metta for the 1%. It's so easy to think of the 1% as people who are evil capitalists, or exploitative, or what have you.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 9, 2008
The 15-page PDF includes the pros and cons of using Facebook for activism, a step-by-step guide to organizing an activism campaign on Facebook, and examples of campaigns from Burma, Morocco, and Egypt. It is a quick read and very useful. planning processes more than the traditional mechanistic, linear processes.
Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. In Iran we’ve seen it used to get out information and resist censorship but have also seen it used by the government to alter a mobile phone system and monitoring calls. Technology is amoral – it doesn’t care.
Steve Bridger
JUNE 25, 2008
That’s otherwise known as a reliable banking system. We have confirmed that belief – and that’s my biggest problem here. Poverty has many causes. One thing that helps people rise out of poverty is a reliable way of storing and exchanging the value built up through effort and knowledge. article here, forwarded on by [.]
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