ivan Assistant Organizer of Net Tuesday Philly Meetup

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Location

Philadelphia, PAUSA
(Hometown: Clarkdale, AZ)

Member of this
Meetup Group since

February 28, 2008

Introduction

I work as a contractor for the nonprofit Genocide Intervention Network doing web development and online organizing. Attended the 2006 and 2007 NetSquared conferences and was active in the DC NetSquared group during that time.

What cool examples of technology for social change have you encountered?

Amnesty International's "Eyes on Darfur" campaign, combining satellite evidence of continuing genocidal violence with an advocacy campaign to get political leaders to take action. http://www.eyesondarfur.org/

Have you used technology for social change? If not, do you have plans/ideas/dreams about how you want to use it?

We use social networks (MySpace, Facebook, Livejournal, etc.) extensively to engage our members, give them tools to advocate for anti-genocide issues and raise money for civilian protection from genocidal violence.

Your organization or cause -- what are you passionate about?

Genocide Intervention Network www.GenocideIntervention.net -- I've also been involved in the past with several anti-war groups, including one that staged a nationwide electronic civil disobedience campaign against Diebold http://www.why-war.org