http://www.netsquared.org/conference-sessions/human-rights share stories about how web-based technologies are impacting people’s lives build toolkits for nonprofits around the globe to help extend their good work en-US http://www.netsquared.org/blog/ginnyhunt/net2con-human-rights-and-new-communication-technologies-building-an-architecture-of-participation <p>Hi, this is Ginny Hunt live-blogging for <a href="/conference/conference-sessions/human_rights">Human Rights and New Communication Technologies</a> at the NetSquared conference. I&#39;ll try to catch as much as I can as fast as I can. Apologies for errors. </p> <p>We&#39;re getting three different perspectives on how different technologies have been used to further the international human rights movement from <a href="/conference/confirmed-presenters/patrick-ball-phd-benetech-cto-and-director-human-rights-programs">Patrick Ball</a> from <a href="http://www.benetech.org/">Benetech</a>, <a href="/conference/confirmed-presenters/bryan-nunez-technology-manager-witness">Bryan Nunez</a> from <a href="http://www.witness.org/">Witness</a>, and <a href="/conference/confirmed-presenters/dan-mcquillan-web-manager-amnesty-international">Dan McQuillan</a> from <a href="http://www.amnesty.org/">Amnesty.</a> </p><p><a href="http://www.netsquared.org/blog/ginnyhunt/net2con-human-rights-and-new-communication-technologies-building-an-architecture-of-participation">read more</a></p> http://www.netsquared.org/blog/ginnyhunt/net2con-human-rights-and-new-communication-technologies-building-an-architecture-of-participation#comments conference human rights net2 Human rights Tue, 30 May 2006 18:13:34 -0400 ginnyhunt 1609 at http://www.netsquared.org http://www.netsquared.org/blog/dan-mcquillan/web2-0-human-rights-the-benefits-threats-of-an-architecture-of-participation <p>Here&#39;s some notes for the session &#39;Human rights and new communication technologies: building an architecture of participation&#39;. </p> <p>&nbsp;If you haven&#39;t heard of &#39;an architecture of participation&#39; it&#39;s one of the original web2.0 buzzwords. (I picked it up from the o-reilly article that started a lot of the hype: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/6228" title="http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/6228">http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/6228</a>) So that&#39;s what web2.0 mostly means for me: a chance to up the level of human rights activism by riding a wave of user participation. In the first place this is about increasing people&#39;s engagement with Amnesty by giving them ways to contribute; beyond that, it&#39;s about matching the social network side of web2.0 to the task of building a movement of activists. We don&#39;t yet know what this will look like, except that it will be different to Amnesty&#39;s traditional activist model (e.g. local letter writing group). Most of our ecampaigning is really just online letter writing - actions taken by individuals. If we use web2.0 ways to connect these people we open this out to a social network which can spread. Perhaps, for Amnesty, the social network is another route to solidarity. Certainly we hope it will lead to new forms of activism, especially ones that connect the online to the offline, empowering people to do something small but extraordinary for human rights. </p><p><a href="http://www.netsquared.org/blog/dan-mcquillan/web2-0-human-rights-the-benefits-threats-of-an-architecture-of-participation">read more</a></p> http://www.netsquared.org/blog/dan-mcquillan/web2-0-human-rights-the-benefits-threats-of-an-architecture-of-participation#comments human rights web2.0 Human rights Mon, 29 May 2006 00:49:35 -0400 dan mcquillan 1481 at http://www.netsquared.org http://www.netsquared.org/connecting-the-disconnected Human rights Sun, 28 May 2006 16:21:30 -0400 1469 at http://www.netsquared.org http://www.netsquared.org/blog/karin/puffins-mission <p>I thought it might be a good idea to post our mission statement...</p> <p>The Puffin Cultural Forum, a project of the Puffin Foundation, Ltd. is a gallery performance space located in Teaneck New Jersey. For over seven years, we have strived to bring thoughtful, socially-relevant, provocative, and culturally diverse arts programming to Bergen County and northern New Jeresy. We support public schools and community institutions, offering free arts workshops, guided gallery tours, and theater and other cultural presentations. Located in perhaps the most culturally diverse region of the US, we seek to create an environment where the arts are celebrated as expressions of the best of our humanity, and as catalysts for the achievement of human rights for all</p> http://www.netsquared.org/blog/karin/puffins-mission#comments mission Human rights Tue, 23 May 2006 09:49:48 -0400 Karin 1375 at http://www.netsquared.org