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New Tactics eNewsletter – July 8, 2009
FEATURED DIALOGUE: Information Activism: Turning Information into Action – NOW OPEN!
Join New Tactics, Tactical Technology Collective, and our featured resource practitioners from July 8 - 14 for an on-line dialogue on ‘Information Activism: Turning Information into Action.’ This on-line dialogue will be space for practitioners to share the innovative ways in which they have turned information into action with their advocacy campaigns. We will discuss topics such as: collecting data, creative ways of visualizing data, digital ways of sharing this information, and the security risks one should evaluate before implementing these activities. We will be sharing tools and tactics that can help you move your information into action! Join the New Tactics online community today to participate!
http://www.newtactics.org/en/blog/new-tactics/information-activism-turning-information-action
http://www.newtactics.org/user/register
SAVE THE DATES: August 26 – Sept 1, 2009
Join New Tactics and the featured resource practitioners for an online dialogue on 'Using Shadow Reports for Advocacy' from August 26 to September 1, 2009. This online dialogue will be a space for practitioners and scholars to share experiences, challenges, successes, resources and tool for the effective use of shadow reports to expose the reality of the human rights situation in their countries. We hope to see you there!
http://www.newtactics.org/en/blog/new-tactics/using-shadow-reports-advocacy
FEATURED RESOURCES
Tactical Tech: The Quick ‘n Easy Guide to Online Advocacy
The Internet has opened up many possibilities for rights advocates. In order to make the best use of the online world for their campaigns, however, advocates need to know what services are available, how they can be used in an advocacy campaign, who owns them and their hidden dangers.
The Quick 'n Easy Guide to Online Advocacy developed by Tactical Tech, aims to expose advocates to online services that are quick to use and easy to understand. The guide provides descriptions of online services including social networking sites, image and video hosting services, and services that enhance an organizations web presence. The guide also offers advice on where and when to use these services. Case studies, security concerns as well as the advantages and disadvantages of various web services are discussed, with the aim of improving advocates ability to conduct online advocacy campaigns.
The internet services listed in the guide covers four main areas in which advocates operate: informing and communicating; documenting and visualising; mobilising and coordinating; and bypassing and accessing.
http://onlineadvocacy.tacticaltech.org
interTactica: Power through Organizing: Lessons from the Field
On InterTactica this week, priceless stories and tips on how power shifts are made, through the vital work of organizing. Decades of experience concentrated into nuggets of advice to anyone interested in bringing real improvements to people's lives. Don't miss it.
Starting in June, I'll be also running a "primer" series on nonviolent struggle: what it is, how it works, how to strategize and implement the revolutionary methods and paradigm that have started to shake the world. -- Philippe Duhamel
interTactica [English] http://www.newtactics.org/en/blog/philippe-duhamel
interTactica [Français] http://www.newtactics.org/fr/blog/interTactica
IN THE NEWSROOM: Awards and Calls for Proposals
New fund for innovative knowledge sharing launched by AfricaAdapt
The Knowledge Sharing Innovation Fund will offer grants of up to US$10.000 to projects that seek to overcome barriers to share knowledge with ’hard to reach’ or marginalised African communities. Applications accepted until 1 August 2009. For more information, visit http://www.africa-adapt.net/aa/NetworkNews.aspx
Front Line Fellowship 2009 - Opportunities provided for Human Rights Defenders at Risk (no deadline)
The purpose of the Front Line Fellowship program is to offer a possibility for human rights defenders at risk to take some time out from their normal work to undertake a project which will further develop their capacities and contribute to the protection of human rights defenders internationally. For more information, visit http://frontlinedefenders.org/en/front-line-small-grants-and-fellowships
[For these and other announcements, please visit http://www.newtactics.org/en/News]
