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Reporting back from Chiapas, Mexico Reporting back from Chiapas, Mexico
Deep in the Lacandon Jungle of Chiapas Mexico, indigenous groups are facing the fight of their lives. Caught between conservation policies and the slow pace of land reform, villagers are fighting to prevent forced evictions from the land where they have lived for generations. If evicted, they face urban slums, poverty, and the necessity of adapting to an entirely new way of life. Read more…
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Take the Social Tech Census — Support Global Digital Advocacy Take the Social Tech Census — Support Global Digital Advocacy
Our partners at the Engine Room are working to coordinate and streamline digital activism and advocacy around the globe. Participation is the key to doing that successfully. They need your input. Please take the Social Tech Census here and check out the blog post below from their Susannah Villa to learn more. *** Read more…
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Urgent action to prevent forced evictions Urgent action to prevent forced evictions
Chiapas, Mexico: Three indigenous communities in the Lancandon Jungle are under urgent threat of eviction from the Mexican authorities. We need your help to halt the evictions and help the indigenous communities gain more equal footing to advocate for their human rights. There are three ways you can help today: 1) Understand this complex issue. 2) Sign up to to for our Urgent Alerts so that you can take action as the situation evolves. 3) Donate to get a rapid response team on the ground. Read more…
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See you in Texas… Come hear Dd at SXSWi See you in Texas… Come hear Dd at SXSWi
We are excited to have both our co-founders on stage in Austin this week, participating in Tech4Good panels at SXSWi. If you’ll be at SXSWi, please come by and join the conversation. Read more…
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Celebrating International Women’s Day in solidarity Celebrating International Women’s Day in solidarity
Happy International Women’s Day! To mark the 101st celebration of International Women’s Day, we at Digital Democracy want to take a moment to reflect on our work to empower women and girls, and celebrate their remarkable vision, courage, achievements and inspiration around the globe. Read more…
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A Different Kind of Record: Burma, BarCamp and the Lady A Different Kind of Record: Burma, BarCamp and the Lady
This article was written by Emily Jacobi and first appeared in theHuffington Poston 2/23/12. Read it here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/emily-jacobi/burma-myanmar-technology_b_1291110.html Read more…
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Occupy & Dd in Fast Company Occupy & Dd in Fast Company
The concept of “small-d democracy” is at the foundation of our work at Digital Democracy. Fast Company’s March 2012 issue features Dd in solidarity with other innovators who have helped elevate, amplify and fortify the Occupy Movement. Read more…
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Tech4Activism: Join us at the Eyebeam DEMO Day! Tech4Activism: Join us at the Eyebeam DEMO Day!
Tomorrow, January 28 from 3:00 to 6:00 pm, we’ll be presenting at Eyebeam’s Activist Technology Demo Day. Come say hi and check out our Occupy Votes & Choose Your Democracy systems in action. Read more…
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Democracy-Supporting Innovation Under Threat from Congress Democracy-Supporting Innovation Under Threat from Congress
**Editors Note: **In Dd’s work around the world, we have seen first-hand the critical need for ordinary citizens to access unfiltered content online. Take Thailand, where we have profiled the work of journalist Chiranuch Premchaiporn who has faced jail time for content posted to the comment section of the news site Prachatai. Currently, legislation is afoot in US Congress that reminds us all too closely of internet rules that have negatively impacted the lives of our partners abroad. Dd welcomes our newest Advisory board member, Jesse Friedman who guest authors this post: You may have heard about SOPA, the innocuously-named yet frighteningly over-broad Stop Online Piracy Act. If you believe in the power of technology as a social and economic good, and think that due process of law is a good thing, now is the time to take action against this noxious bill that’s zooming through the US House of Representatives. If you are an American citizen, you can call your representative now to voice your opinion on it: http://engineadvocacy.com/voice/ Read more…
