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A to Z of Web 2.0 for Social Change: K

Written by jessica. Posted on September 22, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , , , . 2 Comments.
K for Kiva.org: From their Website: Kiva.org (www.kiva.org) is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to an entrepreneur in the developing world. Founded in 2005 by Matt and Jessica Flannery, Kiva.org’s mission is to connect people, through lending, to alleviate poverty. Kiva.org currently connects lenders in more than 70 countries with entrepreneurs [...]

Web 2.0 Workshop in the City of Sun

Written by jessica. Posted on August 3, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , , , . No comments.
Last Tuesday we had our “intro to Web 2.0 for Social Change” workshop in Baalbek, which is 85 km north east of Beirut. Baalbek is known in history as Heliopolis or City of the Sun, and it is famous for its great castle and ruins. However, like most rural areas in Lebanon, there is no [...]

Web 2.0 and Oppression: How to Bypass Censorship

Written by jessica. Posted on July 23, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , , , . 3 Comments.
Remarkable is the power of Web 2.0 in helping alter the status quo of suppressed activists around the world. Social media is opening the eyes of the public on several issues by generating a huge flow of information, initiating counteraction from hegemonic regimes that may find certain ‘novel’ thoughts a threat to the continuity of [...]