ME and Ophelia

HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE BLOGGING COMMUNITY:
A Digital Green Ribbon Campaign for Darfur, Sudan, Africa!

In Jim's latest post on the digital campaign for Sudan, he says "it looks like we may be able to launch the Digital Green Ribbon Campaign for Darfur, Sudan this week at the Harvard Internet and Society Conference."

Also, he explains that "... the Digital Green Ribbon Campaign is about learning to project the power of witness and the power of communications-enabled social organization into situations of conflict and repression - it's an opportunity for civil society to learn to use the techniques of modern communications to develop rapid response communications systems that can penetrate national borders, can evade censors, and that can help people connect with each other to liberate themselves. ..."

Great stuff. More later. Please note, Jim has opened comments at his latest two posts on the digital campaign where he is asking if anyone out there knows folks in the ham radio scene the might have relationships in Sudan, or could work with us to develop them? He says: " ... the content of ham radio communications could be immediately blogged, and might develop into "ham moblogging" and "ham podcasting." By the way, for the middle east and Africa we might want to rename 'ham' to 'lamb'. ..."

(Heh). If anyone can help with lamblogging please email Jim Moore at the Passion or Jim Moore's Journal. Thank you.



Wear the green ribbon of the Save Darfur Coalition of over 100 faith-based and humanitarian groups:

"It’s easy to make green ribbons. Simply cut 3.5 inch strips (with diagonal ends) of 3/8 forest green ribbon and fasten with a pin. Wear your ribbon everywhere and distribute them to your friends, family, and neighbors."
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ARE "WIRED" CITIZENS CHANGING POLITICS?
December 9-11, 2004, Harvard University

Note details on Harvard Internet Society 2004 conference:

How are technologies changing politics, both in the U.S. and abroad?  The purpose of this conference is to take a skeptical, results-oriented look at the current state of politics after the 2004 election and from an international perspective in terms of issue-based campaigns, emerging business models, and new tools that affect politics both online and off. The conference will focus on the following questions:

- Has "citizenship" changed in the online era?
- Are online business models helpful guides for politics and political organizing?
- What international examples are promising?
- Did the web affect the 2004 election?