Building community in your area? Check out the newly-launched Community Organizers Handbook! Everything you need to start and grow a NetSquared Local group or any other community-powered program.
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Mobile Voices, one of the winners of the N2Y4 Mobile Challenge, is getting noticed both on- and offline by providing opportunities for immigrant workers through mobile technology.
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This webinar to happen on Feb 16 is the third one in the TechSoup Digital Storytelling series. It will provide you with great tips for shooting your video, and will be run by Aaron Bramley. You'll learn how to edit and distribute your video. We'll show you:

Two weeks ago, after the first hactivists’ attacks hit the Polish government website and the first protests spread through the country, I blogged about how Polish people opposed the ACTA bill. I’d love to provide you with an update now, since I am happy to say -- things are happening.
I've recently been involved with community building around community building via weekly #commbuild Twitter chats. This concept is a bit meta, I know, but I've found it to be a really great way to connect with other people in my position. Since there are so many community builders involved with the Net2 network in various ways, I wanted to be sure to let you all know about this new opportunity.
For three days last week, the US State Department hosted the
Majora Carter contributed greatly to leading efforts to make ghettos, green, clean and sustainable in New York. http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/majora_carter_s_tale_of_urban_renewal.html
We have an opportunity to apply the same principle in San Francisco. What would you do to fight for environmental justice in areas such as Bayview Hunters Point, Visitation Valley, Mission District and other under-served areas with low income and forgotten?
As an examples...in an emotionally charged talk, MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter details her fight for environmental justice in the South Bronx -- and shows how minority neighborhoods suffer most from flaw...
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"Greening the ghetto | Video on TED.com
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