Empowerment Institute. Tools for Change | About | Tools for Change. Here is my (Jessica Bell’s) take on the top 10 activist stories of 2013, in no particular order. Let these victories be an antidote to cynicism, hopelessness and apathy. Activism works. Activists win. Looking forward to seeing what’s in store for 2014. You’re invited to attend one of our Tools for Change workshops to help you learn activist skills from experts. We have workshops coming up in direct action, online petitioning, group decision-making, and more. And enrol in our Certificate in Social Change program. 1. Earlier this year, Greenpeace activists attempted to board an oil platform to stop Russian oil company, Gazprom, from drilling in the Arctic. With the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, set to begin in two months, this December Russia, in a bid to improve its human rights record, granted amnesty to 29 of the 30 Greenpeace activists. 2. 3. 4. Here’s hoping this tragedy doesn’t happen again. 5.
Her protest attracted worldwide attention. 6. An interview with Edward Snowden. 7. 8. Pluto Press - Search Results. This site uses cookies to store some basic information on your computer. The majority of the cookies on this site are essential for the operation of the site. These cookies are set only for the length of your session on the site, contain no personal information and help us to organise which items you have viewed and which added to the shopping cart. We also use some non-essential cookies to anonymously track visitors and develop improvements to the site. If you're not happy with this, we won't set these cookies but some nice features of the site may be unavailable.. By using our site you accept the terms of our Privacy Policy. Remove Consent about this tool About Cookie Control. TRAPESE - Popular Education Collective. Radical Social Entrepreneurs. This site is about helping turn social entrepreneurs into radical social entrepreneurs.
To learn more about each, check out our page “What is radical social entrepreneurship?” It’s simple. Technology is moving quickly, but our social systems — governance, law, community, education and culture — are not keeping pace. Social entrepreneurship isn’t enough. Apps, gadgets, and innovative tech are wonderful — but they will not solve the major problems of our time. We need radical innovation in law, education, community, culture, and governance. Anyone with a curious mind and a heart for good can become a radical social entrepreneur. Join us in going radical. New Radar. Giving More Than Money. Live notes from the "Giving More Than Money" session at the Awesome Summit, by Rahul Bhargava, Ethan Zuckerman and Willow Brugh. Matt Stempeck (@mstem) comes to the Center for Civic Media from the Washington activism world.
The organizations he worked with always lacked money. When it became time to run a campaign, organizations always wanted to figure out what to ask for... and the obvious question is to ask for money. But people don't like to be asked for money. Jeremy Liu thinks about professional skill matching in the Bay Area. Jeremy Liu Jeremy Liu starts by asking us how many of us have heard of community development corporations - only a few hands go up. In Oakland, Jeremy ran the East Bay Asian Development Corporation, which ran projects like the Oakland Digital Literacy Collaborative, which offered social media coaching to different organizations.
Emilie Dubois - Connected Learning Research Network Deanna Zandt - deannazandt.com Arlene Ducao (DuKode Studio, MIT Media Lab) Rahulbotics. Oakland Digital (ODALC) — Economic Empowerment through Digital Literacy. Connected Consumption. Our Blocks | building blocks for building communities. OpenIDEO - Home. About Us. OpenIDEO is a place where people design better, together for social good. It's an online platform for creative thinkers: the veteran designer and the new guy who just signed on, the critic and the MBA, the active participant and the curious lurker. Together, this makes up the creative guts of OpenIDEO. To become a place where good ideas gain momentum, OpenIDEO depends on participation — your inspirations and research, his comments, her ideas, our design process. It's these efforts, these big and small moments of sharing and collaboration, that make this platform a dynamic resource for tackling significant global challenges.
IDEO, a design and innovation firm, developed OpenIDEO as a way to include a broader range of people in the design process through Research, Ideas and Evaluation. Principles of the OpenIDEO Community Principle #1: Inclusive Recognise and enable all levels of participation from different disciplines. Principle #4: Optimistic Stay optimistic! The kindling Trust.
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