Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I want to unveil several of these new initiatives, as well as sneaking in some of the incredible things happening in our core programs in literacy and human rights. and James L. Route 66 pairs this reading content with teaching tools and learning exercises, effectively empowering any literate person to become an early reading instructor.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

It wasn’t until 1993, when a reconstruction of these events by American journalist Mark Danner first appeared in The New Yorker , that the full story of the El Mozote massacre was brought to light and sent shock waves through the international community. Dave suggested we rename our idea Martus, the Greek word for “witness.”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

Under our new CTO, Patrick Ball (see my last President's letter), we are building a tech team to work on our incredibly varied list of projects in literacy, human rights and the environment. Route 66 Literacy Our newest project is Route 66 Literacy, and it includes a demonstration site that anyone can try out.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2015

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Toronto, Canada: Toronto Net Tuesday: Digital Literacy for Nonprofits. Mukono, Uganda: Improved Skills and Competencies for Productive Web Literacy in Mayuge. The link need to be like so: Africa. Asia and Pacific Rim.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Treading Lightly | The Delicate Art of Internal Communications. Nairobi, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Women and Web Literacy Program 2016 – 17. The link need to be like so: Africa.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Human Rights Patrick Ball recently spent a month at the International Criminal Court (ICC), where he held office hours and helped prosecutors use quantitative data and statistical analysis to pursue war crimes cases. We've also had major efforts in Burma, Sri Lanka and Guatemala, to name a few; efforts we expect to continue this year.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

Last summer I talked about our great summer interns and fellows and early this year, I sent a copy of our 20th Anniversary Report that talked about our entire history. Literacy, human rights and the environment are critically important to the future of humanity.

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