WITNESS, Author at WITNESS Blog

New Collaboration with YouTube on The Power of Human Rights Video This is the first in an occasional blog series about human rights video. We are pleased to be collaborating with Steve Grove, Head of News & Politics at YouTube on the series. The original post, written by Sameer Padania (former Hub Manager at WITNESS) and Steve appeared on YouTube’s blog . As always, we welcome […] June 12, 2010
LGBT Rights in Africa: Malawi My last post on 'LGBT Rights in Africa' focused on Uganda's pending anti-homosexuality law and how it caused international outrage and expressions of support for LGBT community in Uganda. Now we will look slightly over 1,000 miles south of Uganda to Malawi. June 1, 2010
BAVC Producers Institute for New Media Technologies Well, I'm in the midst of having a great ten days! I'm in San Francisco participating at the Bay Area Video Coalition's (BAVC) fourth annual Producers Institute for New Media Technologies. It is an intensive ten-day residency for eight creative teams (see this year's projects below!) with a shared goal of developing and prototyping a multi-platform project inspired by, or based on a significant documentary project. June 1, 2010
Video: Water Kills Installation Public installations can be incredibly powerful to engage folks and provoke discussion, amazement and inspiration. This water-focused video produced for SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL, a humanitarian organization that provides aid and assistance to victims of war or natural disaster, documents one of the most innovative installations I've seen and the video is gorgeous. May 24, 2010
Live Streaming Resistance: A Replicable Video Advocacy Model During April in the United States, 92,432 homes were repossessed. Only one homeowner got a weeks' worth of news coverage. Read how he used video and why his model is worth replicating... May 19, 2010
#Video4Change: Flash Mob + Remix of Lady Gaga Song = Viral Advocacy? A fantastically creative advocacy video from San Francisco Pride at Work, a coalition between the LGBT community and UNITE HERE, a union representing over 300,000 hospitality and manufacturing workers across North America, has been taking over my Facebook feed this week - and for good reason. Check it out... May 11, 2010
Video: Socialnomics and the Social Media Revolution Erik Qualman, blogger, speaker and author of bestselling book "Socialnomics: How social media transforms the way we live and do business," produced a new, snappy video with some eye-opening stats on the rise of social media. May 11, 2010
Archiving Human Rights Last year, 2009, WITNESS devoted a considerable amount of time to strategic planning from which emerged a new and re-conceived way of approaching what we do, which is, simply put, video advocacy. May 11, 2010
Innovative Video Tool: Personalized Videos from the Green Party UK I'm all about personalized videos - from supporting advocacy efforts to personalized birthday videos. So, I was grinning from ear to ear when I saw this incredibly innovative video tool from Green Party UK. May 6, 2010
tyrannybook: The Facebook of Human Rights Violators and Those Who Watch Them Earlier this month, Amnesty International Portugal launched tyrannybook, a new social media site designed to spotlight some of the world's worst human rights violators. May 6, 2010
Update on STAND Partnership: Obama Administration Creates New Position President Obama creates a new post to better equip the United States in its efforts to prevent genocide and mass atrocities. May 5, 2010
The Internet as a Peacekeeper? I recently read an article published on Foreign Policy magazine's website about how the Internet would bring freedom and peace to an entirely new level globally. April 28, 2010
LGBT Rights in Africa: Uganda I'm the IT coordinator here and will occasionally blog about issues relating to tech inside a non-profit organization that uses technology all the time. I am also going to be sharing thoughts about human rights issues that are of personal import. April 28, 2010
A Landmark Step Forward for America’s Seniors: The Elder Justice Act Over the course of the last decade, the Elder Justice Coalition has been fighting to secure passage of the Elder Justice Act. To support the passage of this landmark legislation and empower Americans to speak up about the growing crisis of elder abuse, the National Council on Aging (NCOA), WITNESS and 17 elder rights advocates from across the nation went into the homes of courageous American seniors to document their poignant stories about abuse, neglect and exploitation. April 14, 2010
Archives Without Borders The preliminary program is now available for the Archives Without Borders international congress announced some months ago. Co-hosted by VVBAD, the Flemish association for archivists and librarians, and KVAN, the Dutch association for archivists, the meeting will be held August 30 and 31, 2010 in the Peace Palace in The Hague, The Netherlands. April 12, 2010