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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.
WITNESS
June 1, 2010
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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.
WITNESS
June 1, 2010
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Video Advocacy’s Role in the Unprecedented Success of an Indigenous Group at the African Union in Feb 2010
In this brief video (produced by Ellie Magnuson), my colleague Bukeni Waruzi, Program Manager for Africa and the Middle East, gives a spirited overview of the background, timeline, and strategy of our partnership with CEMIRIDE, a Kenyan organization representing the Endorois community in their long legal struggle to return to their indigenous lands around Lake Bogoria.
Martin Tzanev
May 26, 2010
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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.
WITNESS
May 24, 2010
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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...
WITNESS
May 19, 2010
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A Canadian Model for Human Rights Awareness
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) and the global online youth-led social network TakingITGlobal (TIG) have joined forces to create EVOKE—a national online art contest that calls on Canadian youth to share their perspectives on human rights issues through visual art.
WITNESS
May 18, 2010
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Video Testimony from an Untelevised Trial
Always on the look out for new and interesting uses of video in human rights campaigns, I came across this innovative use of testimony and video by the Courage Campaign. They're fighting to keep the proceedings of the legal challenge to Proposition 8, Perry v. Schwarzenegger, public. However, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that cameras could be barred from the trial.
Matisse Bustos Hawkes
May 15, 2010
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#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...
WITNESS
May 11, 2010
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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.
WITNESS
May 11, 2010
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Moving Pictures at the Tribeca Film Festival
Our good friends at the Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation invited WITNESS to be a part of the Good Pitch at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. A commercial pitch forum brings filmmakers, funders and distributors together sort of parliamentary debate style.
WITNESS
May 7, 2010
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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.
WITNESS
May 6, 2010
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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.
WITNESS
May 6, 2010
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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.
WITNESS
May 5, 2010
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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.
WITNESS
April 28, 2010
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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.
WITNESS
April 28, 2010
