For its 2013 microgrant awards, Rising Voices, the outreach arm of Global Voices Online, is seeking submissions from individuals, grassroots groups, networks, and organizations who have ideas about how to help local communities leverage citizen media. You can browse their projects page to get a sense of the kind of citizen media initiatives they’ve supported in the past. This year, Rising ... Read More »
Every year, the good people at Rising Voices issue a call for applications for projects that will help underrepresented communities take advantage of participatory media tools to amplify their voices and join the “global conversation” online. This year, after receiving 1,178 applications from 122 countries, the Rising Voices team had the unenviable task of choosing just 6 projects as their ... Read More »
On the 26th, 27th and the 28th of June 2009, SMEX organized the Digital Photography Workshop, facilitated by Georges Haddad. George Haddad explaining to the participants basic photography skills on Saturday. The program included basic photography techniques, followed by a photoshoot where the participants applied the techniques assimilated, then the group got together again to check the pictures, give feedback ... Read More »
Social Media is cool. We all know that it’s easy and cheap so we all want to use it to advance our cause. But when asked about Social Media tools (be it blogging, facebook for activism, twitter etc.) my answer is always the same: Social Media is like having a baby, anyone can do it, but not everyone can do ... Read More »
SMEX: Channeling Advocacy
