Gaye Williams
Wendy Seltzer
Seth Merritt
-TechRocks
Abigail Caplovitz
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About
a hundred Community Activists, many of whom met through the internet, attended
Organizer's Collaborative's second
annual conference, where they discussed how best to use the internet, and
other computer technologies, for grass roots empowerment.
Preamble
(or Skip
to the program)
My
trip to Yale began as I filled out the Geo Prism's final seat in a hastily
assembled carpool...
Ben,
the driver, had been concerned that I might be one of those Montana style
"freemen" who pay no taxes and drive around with no license writing bad
checks, so I directed him to freemanz.com.
I
had my own worries upon learning that I would be sharing a car with Zack
Exley, webmaster of a site called GWBush.com.
I thought I'd find it difficult to travel with a real live Bush-Booster
Fortunately, I found Zack's site to be a thoughtful collection of impressively
anti G.W. Bush info and links. Once we had sniffed out each other's websites
and satisfied our respective suspicions, the show was on the road.
In
the morning, I attended Sheeri Kritzer's web design workshop. She instructed
and answered questions on topics from HTML to databases.
For
the afternoon, I attended the Mobilization program, which presented some
strategies and on line services for activists.
I'll
be using this information in constructing a website dedicated to a world-wide
ban of Depleted Uranium Weapons, because
they really suck!
Conference
Program:
Plenary
Speakers :
|
Topic
|
Speaker
|
| Using
Email in Voter Rights Organizing |
Lou Posner
-Voter March |
| Online Communication
in the Women's Movement |
Elizabeth
Randolph |
| Low vs. High-Tech |
Audrie Krause-netaction |
| Internet in
Union Organizing |
Gaye Williams |
| Using Technology
in Organizing |
Matt Eisenberg
-Progressive Technology Project |
| From Open
Source to Openlaw |
Wendy Seltzer
-Openlaw project |
Morning
Workshops:
Your
pal, Freeman Z. attended the workshops in red.
| Workshop |
Description |
Presenter(s) |
| Strategy |
Technology
Planning for Social Change Organizations |
Katrin
Verclas -Techstrategy |
| Collaboration |
Collaborative
creation: online Activist Materials
Developing
Effective Progressive Portals |
Rich
Cowan
Josh
Hilgart -People for the American Way |
| Web |
Maintaining
Organization Websites |
Sheeri
Kritzer -Bisexual Resource Center |
| Mobilization |
the
Internet's role in organizing the Largest Poor People's March Since M.L.K! |
Chris
Caruso -HumanRightsTech |
| Listservs |
Publishing
and promoting Listservs and Newsletters |
Elizabeth
Randolph -Women's Enews |
Afternoon
Workshops:
| Workshop |
Description |
Presenter(s) |
| Strategy |
Uses
of technology for Empowerment and Engagement in Low Income Communities |
Dirk
Slater -Welfare Law Center |
| Collaboration |
Collaboration
through Shared Databases |
Jonah
Wittkamper -Youthlink.org |
| Web |
Using
My PHP Web Tool |
JAmie
McClelland -Media Jumpstart |
| Mobilization |
Messaging,
On/offline integration, Building relationships
Actionnetwork.org:
Online Activism Tools to Mobilize Grassroots Activists |
Seth
Merritt -TechRocks
Warren
moon and
Benjamin
Smith -Environmental Defense Fund |
| Listservs |
Coordinating
Spontaneous Movements via Internet
Building
a Permanent National Organization via Internet |
Zack
Exley -Countercoup.org
Bob
Fertik -Democrats.com |
| Community |
How
a Community Technology Center Serves Local Needs |
Darryl
Heller -Amistad Institute |
Sponsors'
Contacts:
|
Hosts:
|
Organizer's
Collaborative
and
Yale Law Students for Social Justice |
|
Co-Sponsors:
|
Amistad
Institute, 1430 Sterling place, Brooklyn NY, 11231
Center
for Nonprofit Technology, 151 1st Ave., NY, NY, 10003
Computer
Professionals for Social Responsibility, Box 717, Palo Alto, CA,
94302
HumanRightsTech.org,
Box 31905, Philadelphia, PA, 19104
LINC
Project of the Welfare Rights Center, 275 7th Ave., Suite 1205,
NY, NY, 10001
Moveon.org,
1141 Walnut St., Berkeley, CA, 94707
National
Priorities Project, 17 New South St., Northhampton, MA, 01060
NetAction,
601 Van Ness Ave., # 631, San Francisco, CA, 94102
Palestine
Right of Return, 333 Cedar St., New Haven, CT, 06520
Peace
Development Fund, Box 1280/44 N. Prospect, Amherst, MA 01004
Probono.net,
151 W. 30th St., 10th Floor, NY, NY, 10001
Reason
and Democracy, 800 Pacific Ave., # 403, Long Beach, CA, 90813
Secure
Sponsorship, 1127 Harrison Ave., Roxbury, MA, 02119
TechRocks,
2100L St., Suite 210, Washington DC, 20006
Votemarch.org,
Box 731, Grand Central Station, NY, NY, 10163-0731 |
About
Joining Organizer's Collaborative:
If
you're interested in using the Internet for Social change and Activism
visit OrganizeNow.net
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