Projects tagged
Digital & Technology
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Yes, the Climate is Changing
Read more: Yes, the Climate is ChangingYes, the Climate is Changing Video: People around the world show how climate change is already affecting their lives. http://www.youtube.com/embed/mgaxuYhI_9E” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen> The effects of climate change come in many guises: increasingly intense storms, too much snow, not enough snow,…
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Reversing the Lens: Sexual Harrassment Victim uses social media, leads to harasser’s arrest
Read more: Reversing the Lens: Sexual Harrassment Victim uses social media, leads to harasser’s arrestA young woman named Thao Nguyen was riding the R train in NYC when a man sitting across from began to masturbate. Nguyen snapped a picture of him, but the policewoman to whom she reported the incident had little interest…
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“Goo Phone” Chinese Company Used Leaked iPhone 5 Specs to Build Knockoff, Hopes to Sue Apple for Patent Infringement
Read more: “Goo Phone” Chinese Company Used Leaked iPhone 5 Specs to Build Knockoff, Hopes to Sue Apple for Patent InfringementJust the other day, we were hearing about Samsung getting in legal trouble over patent violations with Apple. A federal court decision ruled that Samsung owes Apple more than $1 billion in restitution. Samsung plans to appeal the decision, saying it never…
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Women on Waves Creates Hoax Website under the Diesel brand to Stand for Worker’s Rights
Read more: Women on Waves Creates Hoax Website under the Diesel brand to Stand for Worker’s RightsA press release from the non-profit organization – Women on Waves – regarding the intention of the creation of the Diesel for Women hoax website, pointing out the mistreatment of women workers in the fashion industry. This blurb and included…
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Carly’s Cafe
Read more: Carly’s CafeCarly’s cafe by Anna Rae FerraThose with severe autism are often unable to speak or communicate in any meaningful way, which makes 17-year-old Carly Fleischmann such an anomaly. After she was diagnosed with nonverbal autism and oral motor apraxia at age…
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#ProjectTMI
Read more: #ProjectTMIProject TMI: The Feminist Humor Defense Against the Assault on Our Bodies by Ramey Connelly, Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project t’s a strange sensation to start something as a joke, expecting that only your friends on Facebook will see it, and then…
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It’s MY Body
Read more: It’s MY BodyIt’s My Body! was initially a project for Stephen Duncombe’s Media Activism class during Spring 2012. We designed and developed the concept for the class, but have yet to set up the actual website. The images below show the site’s…
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Yemen Women Use Digital Tech to Improve Society with Safe Streets
Read more: Yemen Women Use Digital Tech to Improve Society with Safe StreetsFrom Women’s News NetworkYEMEN: Even though the connection to the internet has been intermittent at best and often too slow, women advocates in Yemen are now working to push digital tech as a means to improve society and gain human…
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Activist Hackers Temporarily Block Putin’s Website
Read more: Activist Hackers Temporarily Block Putin’s WebsiteFrom ReutersBy Vladimir Soldatkin Hackers temporarily blocked President Vladimir Putin’s web site on Wednesday, carrying out a promise to disrupt government information portals two days after his swearing-in for another six-year term that has drawn street protests. The hacker activist…
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Ayti: Youth-Produced Game about Haiti
Read more: Ayti: Youth-Produced Game about HaitiFrom Games for Change site: Global Kids has established itself as an innovative leader in using online games to promote global awareness and engaged citizenship. Through the Playing 4 Keeps program, Global Kids trains urban youth to develop games about…