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Guest Beneblog by Megan Price I recently had the opportunity to present several of HRP’s projects to the local San Francisco chapter of the American Statistical Association (SFASA). Specifically, I presented the audience with the following questions: Were acts of genocide committed against the Mayan people in Guatemala?
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People organized across North America, aligning themselves with CCF, writing articles and forming local chapters. Council members currently include representatives from El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Canada, Kenya, and across the United States.
HRP members produced scientifically sound analysis that is advancing the process of legal justice in Guatemala. In a recent blog post , I described how HRP statistician Daniel Guzmán’s expert testimony in a breakthrough legal case against two former police officers helped score a remarkable victory in the fight to end impunity in Guatemala.
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NetSquared Local is growing! We challenge you to join a NetSquared Local group or start your own ! We challenge you to join a NetSquared Local group or start your own ! What have NetSquared Local groups been up to recently? Guatemala: TecThursday / foro de e-educacion en Guatemala / gratuita. Event Reports.
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Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Taller de como hacer Estilos Sociales para el mundo digital. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Taller de Automatización de QA para dispositivos móviles y aplicaciones web.
Or if face-to-face is more your style, join your local NetSquared group — NetSquared groups are holding digital storytelling events all month. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Taller de Digital StoryTelling en Guatemala. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Taller de Digital StoryTelling en Guatemala.
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Join your local NetSquared group. No local group? Guatemala City, Guatemala: Taller de Digital StoryTelling en Guatemala. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Ronda de Negocios Internacional en el Tec. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. We have $13,000 in prizes available!
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Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. So give your local organizer a hug next time you see them! Guatemala City: Teach an Hour of Code in your classroom. Houston, TX: NetSquared Houston. Monday, December 16.
Von Ahn grew up in Guatemala City, where he saw firsthand the wretched state of public schools in impoverished countries. Yet, instead of taking up tenure at the tech company, he stayed local in Pittsburgh and became a computer science professor at his alma mater. CAPTCHA’ing a market.
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And if you don’t have a local group, we’ll help you start your own. Guatemala, Guatemala: Apoyo a CTI 2014 del CampusTec. Guatemala: Lanzamiento de e-comunidad de Google del Tec. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of local members. Upcoming Events. Saturday, June 14, 2014. Mukono, Uganda.
Latin America with Maria Zaghi of NetSquared Guatemala. Join your local group and start participating in the conversation. Join your local group and start participating in the conversation. And if you don’t have a local group we’ll help you start your own. East Coast USA with Judy Hallman of NCTech4Good.
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Net2Local has adopted the core strategies of theme months to increase network cohesion and regional hubs to scale our ability to support local organizers. Fourteen Net2Local groups descended on their communities in full costume and delivered one-on-one training to local social benefit organizers. Theme Months. August 2013.
May 31 : Latin America with Maria Zaghi of NetSquared Guatemala. Join your local group and start participating in the conversation. And if you don’t have a local group we’ll help you start your own. Guatemala: Visita de personeros de BID de Washington al Tec. Upcoming Events. Tuesday, May 20. Friday, May 30.
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