social justice
2009 Nonprofit Software Development Summit
It's coming up! The 2009 Nonprofit Software Development Summit will take place in Oakland, CA on November 18-20, 2009.Â
The 2009 DevSummit is an opportunity to bring together users, developers, and integrators working to use nonprofit software for social justice causes. Â
Check out the latest list of sessions and find the event on facebook for more detailed information.
FACT Social Justice Award: Winners Announced at N2Y4
The French American Charitable Trust (FACT) Social Justice Award has just been announced here at NetSquared's N2Y4 Mobile Conference. A panel of judgest reviewed all the N2Y4 Featured Projects for their potential to address social justice issues. The five awardees* are...
[Revisiting] The United Church of Christ Social Media Case Study
 In October, I looked at the population of my mother's United Church of Christ congregation and I noticed that it was relatively devoid of teens, 20-somethings, and folks in their early thirties. How could the church use social media to retain these potential members, I asked. I took a look at how the church was presently utilizing social media, met with Rev.
Fair Trade Benefits the U.S. Too
By WeBuyItGreen:Â promoting green living and fair trade
Buying products that pull producers out of poverty is not only good for the producers. It also benefits the consumer.
Low-Cost, Shared GIS Resource for Advocates
International Network of Victims of Terrorism and War
Social Justice Web Service
An announcement was posted on the New York City Young Nonprofit Professionals Network yesterday about an Internet provider called May First/People Link. Here's their mission from the web site:
We are an organization of progressive people who use the Internet. We have joined together to improve our access to it, enhance its function as a tool for mass communication and organizing, develop new technologies and uses for it, and help social justice movements use it effectively to communicate with each other and with the world.They also have some interesting news on their front page about a program in Venezuela to train 400,000 people in open source software and the 7th Annual Organizers' Collaborative Grassroots Use of Technology Conference happening at UMass Boston this Saturday.
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Pambazuka News
Pambazuka News is a weekly electronic newsletter covering news, commentary, analysis and a range of other resources on human rights and development in Africa.
Every week we commission work to provide original commentaries on key events in Africa, combined with a comprehensive weekly round-up of news on human rights, conflict, health, environment, social welfare, development, the internet, literature and arts in Africa.
Produced by Fahamu South Africa and using volunteers based in Africa, Pambazuka News produces 30-40 text pages of information about Africa on a weekly basis. with content categorised into 28 content themes, making it easy for subscribers to access information that is relevant to their needs.
The newsletter has become Africa's most widely distributed electronic newsletter on social justice with a readership estimated at 60,000. Major newspapers have reprinted editorials and since June 2003, AllAfrica.com has also carried all issues of Pambazuka News in full on their Peace Africa subsite (allafrica.com/peaceafrica/).
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Fahamu has a vision of the world where people organise to emancipate themselves from all forms of oppression, recognise their social responsibilities, respect each other’s differences, and realise their full potential.
Fahamu supports the struggle for human rights and social justice in Africa by:
- Stimulating debate, discussion and analysis
- Distributing news and information
- Developing training materials and running distance-learning courses
- Supporting social justice advocacy through innovative use of information and communications technologies
Although Fahamu focuses primarily on Africa, we work with others to support the global movement for human rights and social justice.
The word Fahamu means ‘understanding’ or ‘consciousness’ in Kiswahili.
