[dorkbotnyc-blabber] tonight @ the change you want to see, technology in activism case studies

[noel hidalgo]

http://www.notanalternative.net/wordpress/wednesday-web-20-activism-case-studies

sorry for the late announcement. tonight, at the change you want to  
see (home to williamsburg coworking) we will run through a series of  
2008 activist campaigns that used off the shelf technologies to change  
the face of organizing.

if you can't join us in brooklyn, please join us via http://www.mogulus.com/notanalternative

Date: 17 December 2008 @ 7.30 PM - 10.30 PM
Location: The Change You Want To See
Address: 84 Havemeyer Street, Storefront, Brooklyn, NY
Facebook Event Page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=54461496124

Over the past two years, Web 2.0 technologies have matured and so have  
the methods activist use to employ them. In 2008, activists from  
around the world used Web 2.0 to take command of the digital airwaves  
pioneering new forms of political mobilization. From Student’s for a  
Free Tibet’s live streamed protests in Beijing, to RNC protesters  
coordinating actions and monitoring police movements on Twitter to  
mass digital mobilizations for humanitarian relief and election  
protection, Web 2.0 is no longer just for social networking and  
fundraising.

This Wednesday, practitioners involved in the above campaigns will  
present case studies and highlight how they leveraged these tools to  
have broader reach and greater effectiveness. We’ll also delve into  
issues governing internal organization and communication among  
political actors, including: transparency vs. security; command and  
control vs. autonomous affinity groups, and the power of organizing  
without organizations vs. the tyranny of structurelessness.

This report back and skills share is intended to leave you with  
concrete ideas for how these models and tools could impact your work.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
Nathan Freitas is an entrepreneur and activist, with longtime love for  
all things mobile, miniaturized, virtual and open-source. His  
experience runs the gamut from founding a successful venture-funded  
for-profit business and speaking at JavaOne and Amazon developer  
events, to locking himself down to foreign consulates and managing  
satellite links for live streaming of protest video from very remote  
places. If Nathan were a cloud tag, these would be his tags: cloud  
computing, android, java, videoblogging, mogulus, wordpress as CMS,  
tibet, china, human rights, free speech, free thought, encryption,  
privacy, creative commons, ratatat, sufjan stephens.
http://nathan.freitas.net

Deanna Zandt is a media technologist and consultant to key progressive  
media organizations including AlterNet and the Hightower Lowdown, and  
hosts TechGrrl Tips on GRITtv with Laura Flanders. She works with  
groups to create and implement effective web strategies toward  
organizational goals of civic engagement and empowerment, and uses her  
background in linguistics, advertising, telecommunications and finance  
to complement her technical expertise. Deanna also works with New York- 
based independent artists such as John S. Hall/King Missile, Surf  
Reality and the Art Stars to promote radical performances in downtown  
Manhattan, and is a member of the Brooklyn-based Not An Alternative  
political art collective.
http://www.deannazandt.com

Nancy Scola is a Brooklyn-based writer, blogger, and editor whose work  
focuses on the intersection of technology and politics, both broadly  
defined. She serves as the associate editor of techPresident and  
Personal Democracy Forum, and has worked in the past on Capitol Hill,  
in presidential politics, and in progressive radio.
http://www.nancyscola.com

hope to see you tonight,
noneck
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