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Women’s Commission follow-up and looking ahead Women’s Commission follow-up and looking ahead
Last Thursday November 6 we presented our research from the Thai-Burma border at The Women’s Commission in New York City. The presentation was a success, presenting to an audience of about 40 people, we were able to cover the issues within our report, as well as some of our additional findings from Burma’s other borders (India, Bangladesh, and China). In addition we showed a short film Under the Sun: Life on the Thai-Burma Border that we shot in Thailand at the same time the initial research for the report was being completed. The film provided visual context for the report, in addition to the photos from around the borders, which accompanied the slides displaying our findings, used during the presentation. Read more…
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Join us as we present our research from the Thai-Burma border Join us as we present our research from the Thai-Burma border
What are the challenges, hopes and dreams of the next generation of Burmese youth activists? In March 2007, Digital Democracy’s co-directors Mark Belinsky and Emily Jacobi joined a research team from the Center for Peace Building International to investigate the situation of Burmese youth along the Thai-Burma Border. Read more…
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Project Einstein South Africa Project Einstein South Africa
We’ve partnered with New Words, What Kids Can Do, and Khulisa on a photography service learning project we’ve been doing in Johannesburg over the past several days. We’re looking to leverage this project into a digital exchange using internet technology via Digital Democracy’s project Virtual Community Center (VCC). The aim of this digital exchange using our platform is getting the voice of these children out in their community. Check out some of our pictures that include the talented kids we’ve been working with! Read more…
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MobileActive 08 Conference MobileActive 08 Conference
We presented at the MobileActive 08 Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa about the use of mobile phones by members of the Burmese democracy movement around Burma’s borders. Our “mini-talk” covered issues having to do with cross-border movement strategies against Authoritarian Regimes. Read more…
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News From The China-Burma Border News From The China-Burma Border
Today we wrapped up a several-day trip to the Chinese city of Ruili on the Burma border. We conducted interviews and photography training sessions with youth from neighboring Kachin State as part of our continuing research efforts around Burma’s borders. We were able to get a solid base from those we were speaking with about life on both sides of the border, and information about access to technology, which continues to be an extremely vital aspect of our research. With this trip we can now add valuable information from this border to our extensive research from Burma’s other borders, including Thailand, India and Bangladesh - giving us the ability to give a geographically comprehensive view of community organizations and technology in the Burmese diaspora. Read more…
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World Refugee Day World Refugee Day
Today we celebrated World Refugee Day with some help from the local Indianapolis Burmese community, as well as local supporters of Burma and Digital Democracy. We hosted an event at the Harrison Center for the Arts in Indianapolis with over 250 attendees. Highlights included our presentation of our own work on Burma’s borders, several refugee speakers from Burma and Darfur, a fashion show, Burmese food that was eaten within an hour, musical and spoken word performances and a slideshow of Project Einstein, a service learning photography project we conducted with children in a refugee camp in Bangladesh. Also, the Latino Youth Collective sent about a dozen teenagers who worked in teams to film the event, conducted interviews with attendees, including Emily. This was put on in collaboration with Provocate.org, a group that connects events, information, and organizations in Indianapolis by exploring the intersection of art and politics and the global and the local. Thanks to everyone who came out and helped make the event a huge success! Read more…
