Disaster, Haiti, Literacy and Report

Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

I’m joining a panel to talk about the response for support after the Haiti earthquakes last year. My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future.

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Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2012

In addition to journalism training, the women attend literacy and computer skills classes and are ultimately employed as by GPI where their experience and relationships enable them to report from the perspective of community members on the social injustice and other issues that impact them.

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Award Change Social Journal

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Award Winning Combinations for Social Change

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