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Free Burma: International Bloggers Day on October 4th
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007
Free Burma! International Bloggers' Day for Burma on the 4th of October International bloggers are preparing an action to support the peaceful revolution in Burma. Free Burma!??? Remember, it will take a whole lot more than just putting up a post with the graphic and the text free Burma.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 17, 2008
Since May 1 (eerily, 3 days before Cyclone Nargis), Fanista launched a campaign called Burma: It Can't Wait with the US Campaign for Burma and the Human Rights Action Center. The site has featured provocative short films starring actors, filmmakers and musicians on the topic of human rights and Burma. s 63rd birthday.
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Remember Burma
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AUGUST 2, 2008
Three months ago today, Cyclone Nargis slammed into Burma making more than one million people homeless and killing upwards of 125,000 people. The Burma Campaign UK Or had we forgotten that? Click here to view the embedded video.
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More on Burma - Protests in Real Life and Online
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007
Now the online channel has breathed new life into this surging wave and brought with it Facebook events, Myspace groups, Razoo causes, BBC News feeds updated real-time, Twitter posts about Wear A Red Shirt This Friday For Burma and countless IMs??? from friends telling friends telling friends. ll receive it.
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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog
OCTOBER 4, 2007
For resources on the struggle against the repressive military government in Burma in the US go t0 the US Campaign for Burma. Some useful links: Brian Alexander has an interesting post on the role of mobile phones and web technology in the mobilization of the movement within Burma.
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Receiving the 2013 Migel Medal
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 20, 2013
From capturing the stories of human rights violations in Guatemala, Burma, Syria and Uganda, to helping a biologist plan a better restoration of a wetlands, or matching up an open source geek with the social good project of his or her dreams, Benetech’s team is using technology to make the world a better place.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 17, 2008
The Digital Influence Group is donating $10 to the US Campaign for Burma for every comment that is made on their post. Go comment here.
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Big News in Benetech's Human Rights Program: New Funding and Enhanced Tools!
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 22, 2013
Collin Sullivan, staff member of Benetech''s Human Rights Field Team, on a field visit in Thailand with a staff member of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) As the largest single grant in our Human Rights Program’s history, "On the Frontier of Secure Technology for Human Rights Monitoring” will allow Benetech to deliver a set (..)
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Martus Growth
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 13, 2007
This tremendous growth is due in large part to the continued use of Martus by our partners working in Guatemala with the National Police Archive, and projects gathering data about Burma, Iraq and the Philippines.
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Road to Burma
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 6, 2007
Found via the good folks at Razoo.
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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
OCTOBER 8, 2011
Monks fighting for freedom in Burma know this. One of the things that I have been convinced of for some time (more than 20 years, I think) is that the means and the ends are the same. We cannot expect peace if we don't act peacefully. Jesus, Ghandi, and Martin Luther King all knew this. We need to know it, and internalize it.
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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
OCTOBER 8, 2011
Monks fighting for freedom in Burma know this. One of the things that I have been convinced of for some time (more than 20 years, I think) is that the means and the ends are the same. We cannot expect peace if we don't act peacefully. Jesus, Ghandi, and Martin Luther King all knew this. We need to know it, and internalize it.
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Meaningful Networked Action in the Cyclone Aftermath
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 12, 2008
If you are thinking you want to volunteer your time, Natalie Jesionka has a post on Our World titled " Responding to Burma Crisis " that includes a list of opportunities to travel to the Burmese border and volunteer your time and energy to the underground grassroots NGO activity. Women's League of Burma. The Mae Tao Clinic.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
You can read more about the many faces of the Martus user community and the impact that Martus has had on human rights groups , from Africa to Burma to Guatemala. In many cases, Martus also helped users turn those first-hand accounts into evidence of abuse in order to advance their causes.
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Pros and Cons of Facebook Activism
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 19, 2008
I joined the various Burma Facebook groups early on because my colleagues in Cambodia were involved from the beginning and documented some of the activism. I helped her track down the people behind the Support the monks Campaign and Facebook Burma Group, an unofficial representative in the UK named Imran Jamal, Burma Global Action Network.
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Are you wearing a Virtual Red T-Shirt?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 28, 2007
Here's the information on the notecard: Please join us in solidarity for the monks in Burma who are beng killed and imprisoned.a Contact US Campaign for Burma to sign up to hold a march, vigil or any sort of event in your area- thelma@uscampaignforburma.org there is also a protest being held on Burning Life sim today. We MUST protest!
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Some Thoughts About Remote Presentations: Mekong ICT Camp
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 7, 2013
This event is a biannual training workshop on information, communication, and technologies for citizen media, community health, and civil society development in Mekong Region and included participants are coders, journalists, and NGO staff from Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The camp took place in Cha-am, Petchburi, Thailand.
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BlogHers Act and Other Ways to Help Myanmar Cyclone Victims
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 6, 2008
The Burma: It Can't Wait Campaign launched not too long ago by the U.S. Campaign for Burma. They have put up a mini site that is tracking the latest news and information from Burma and how to help. That took me like 15-20 minutes.
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Why is Sopheap Wearing a Red T-Shirt?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 28, 2007
I spotted this photo in Tharum's Facebook photos the title is "Quiet Vigil Outside Burma Embassy in Phnom Penh." Photo by Tharum , found on his Facebook Profile. That's Sopheap in the red shirt. I met her in Cambodia last month. " Mean Lux has a set on Flickr here and you can see a photo of his red t-shirt.
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International Human Rights Day 2011
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 10, 2011
The Benetech Human Rights Program (HRP) is hard at work to ensure that technology and science best meet the needs of human rights defenders in these critical times. This past year, our HRP team helped the human rights movement achieve great things.
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NpTech Summary: Red T-Shirt Day - Supporting Monks, YouTube Nonprofit Channel, and Web2forDev Conference Reports
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 28, 2007
Flickr Photo by Villoks Many people around the world are supporting the Monks in Burma by wearing red t-shirts today or participating in vigils like this one in Cambodia outside the Burma embassy. So, while it may very difficult to find Internet content from Burma, it is getting onto the Internet.
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Using SlideShare for Good: Examples
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 30, 2008
Other examples of using SlideShare for disaster relief or donations: Burma Cyclone Relief Effort There is also a regularly updated slideshow about the number of victims by Oliver Ding who also created the 24 ways to give slideshare below. View | Upload your own.
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Four Steps to Ease You Into Social Web Activism
Have Fun - Do Good
OCTOBER 20, 2007
On September 28th you could have uploaded a photo of yourself wearing a red shirt to Flickr to show your solidarity with the monks in Burma as part of Red Shirt Day for Burma/Birma/ Myanmar. You can still add your own red photo to the Burma Free - Birmania Libera Flickr pool. Don't be afraid of the tech. Ask for help.
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A Guide To Facebook Activism
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 9, 2008
The 15-page PDF includes the pros and cons of using Facebook for activism, a step-by-step guide to organizing an activism campaign on Facebook, and examples of campaigns from Burma, Morocco, and Egypt. It is a quick read and very useful.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 3, 2007
I'm supporting Free Burma Day. Via Charlene Li analyzing the potential worth of Facebook offers some user stats: This past August, Facebook had 19 million monthly visitors in the US according to Nielsen Netratings, compared to 9 million a year ago. Facebook says that it has 42 million active users worldwide.
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Beijing 2008 Olympics Potential Catalyst for Human Rights
Have Fun - Do Good
OCTOBER 17, 2007
The US Campaign for Burma is asking for a boycott of the Games: "China is paralyzing UN Security Council action on Burma. points out that the Olympics' start date, August 8, 2008, is the, "the 20th anniversary of the massacre of peaceful democracy activists in Burma." olympics China human rights Tibet Burma Darfur
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 7, 2007
Many blogHers, like Rebeca at the Razoo blog , went red on Thursday as part of Free Burma: International Bloggers Day. But, on Friday, my blog turned from red to pink! I've gotten to the point where I avoid pink ribbon madness for corporate profit as Suzanne Reisman describes it.
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Kiva on FRONTLINE World & the Big Vision Podcast
Have Fun - Do Good
OCTOBER 30, 2006
Also note that your local station may list the program for that evening as "Burma: State of Fear" which is the headlining story. If you are not sure of your local PBS station, Click here to search for your local PBS station on the PBS website. Full disclosure: I'm friends with the Editor for FRONTLINE World, David Ritsher.
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JUNE 9, 2008
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 7, 2007
to support the monks in Burma. " While technically, I'm probably way over the legal age limit to be included in the Facebook Generation, nonetheless I'm once again wearing one of my one of my favorite causes as fashion on my blog this month. This month's fashion statement is gray and green to match the colors of Creative Commons logo.
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President's Update: Summer 2008
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
OCTOBER 21, 2008
We've also had major efforts in Burma, Sri Lanka and Guatemala, to name a few; efforts we expect to continue this year. Kristen has been helping the TRC staff to develop a process that converts the qualitative information, contained in thousands of victim and witness testimonies, into data that can be used for quantitative analysis.
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Steve Bridger
OCTOBER 21, 2008
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NpTech Tag: Roundups from and about Facebook and More
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 6, 2007
Many blogs, like the Razoo blog , went red on Thursday as part of Free Burma: International Bloggers Day. Second Life Ruby has an update on the demonstrations occurring in Second Life in support of Burma. Finding a cure for breast cancer takes more than virtual pink ribbons. and color schemes for your blog. more about it here.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 9, 2007
Help A Family of Five in Burma Stay Alive. When Partners asked the Internally Displaced People of Eastern Burma what they needed to stay alive while they hid from the Burmese army, they named it: 75kg of rice, 5kg of salt, 1 cooking pot, 1 machete, 1 lighter, 1 plastic sheet for shelter. Photo by Jackol.
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Steve Bridger › Flickr for Good
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JUNE 24, 2008
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JUNE 24, 2008
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 25, 2008
Ethan Zuckerman gives a summary of Pros/Cons of facebook Activism , a presentation by Imran Jamal and the Burma Global Action Network. Social Media A couple of really useful posts on Facebook and Nonprofits.
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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse
Have Fun - Do Good
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
From there, I ended up going to the Burma-Thai border and working with women refugees who had fled the ethnic cleansing under the Burmese dictatorship. Those women asked me to be their messenger. I recognized that it would be a greater risk for me not to do this; it was almost like something would die inside of me if I didn't do it.
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Day 1: Connecting Up Conference: Brisbane, Australia
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 19, 2008
Disaster Relief: Described their efforts for Tsunami and Katrina and mentioned efforts for Burma and China. Why it works: conversation, authentic, story, translates into action -- how do I let go and let my supporters take hole of my messaging. Your supporters are better at it - let your supporters do it.
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The Journey of the Spiritual Activist: An Interview with Marisa Handler
Have Fun - Do Good
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
For example, I started organizing around Burma last year in solidarity with the profoundly nonviolent uprising in Burma. For me, that meant being a different kind of activist than the kind I've been before, and actually organizing with different kinds of people. It was really wonderful.
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Southeast Asia, Social Enterprise Accidental Tour!
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 21, 2012
Our team has been working with Burmese groups for more than eight years on human rights documentation issues, and the ND-Burma coalition of expatriate Burmese social justice and human rights groups has been one of our biggest Martus users. But, just next store to the great guesthouse we were staying in (Baan Orapin), was Sop Moei Arts.
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Preventing Human Trafficking: An Interview with Christina Arnold
Have Fun - Do Good
JANUARY 16, 2008
CA: Without giving names, along the Thai-Burma border there is a project that we're funding with a fantastic former Thai Senator, Mechai Viravaidya, who is also the Chairman and Founder of the Population Community Development Association of Thailand. We keep having more and more people come across the Thai-Burma border.
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