Archive for February, 2006
« Previous EntriesOrganize, organize, organize
Monday, February 27th, 2006Jo Guldi blogs on Sollicitudo Rei Solialis
that the road to social justice is by way of organizing the voices that are
calling for change today.
Social justice will be achieved through organizing individual efforts, passions and strategies, says Jo Guldi, Communications Director for CrossLeft, a strategy clearing-house for grassroots activism among Progressive Christians. She offers this [...]
Martial Law in the Philippines
Friday, February 24th, 2006The declaration of martial law in the
Philippines doesn’t inspire confidence in the government, or in the democratic
process as it is being carried out in the Philippines.
The news from the Philippines isn’t good. It’s not only bad, it could get worse before it gets better. The declaration of martial law to prevent a coup [...]
The Right to Information
Friday, February 24th, 2006The right to information is as important in
an information society, as the right to health care.
Access to information is as important as access to education or health care. In an information society, globally connected through the Internet, access to information to level the playing field, to some degree, must be recognized as a human [...]
Peace in Aceh
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006The peace agreement in Aceh has brought hope
to the region devastated by the tsunami.
The peace agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the government of Indonesia has brought a ray of hope to the Aceh region.
Despite the horrible death and suffering brought by the tsunami, the Indonesians have also managed to create a hope-filled opportunity. [...]
Raging on the Internet
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006David Ignatius writes in the Washington Post
that Connectedness today results in the ability of angry people to coalesce on
the Internet and stoke the anger that lies in wider society. He asks if we can
understand connectedness as a “rage enabler” in order to take steps to
re-stabilize a disorderly world.
When I came to my present position [...]
Building Communications Capacity
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006Microsoft is giving grants to a variety of
non-governmental organizations to assist them to build the capacity to
communicate in emergencies. This is good news.
Microsoft is giving grants to a variety of non-governmental organizations around the world to assist them to build capacity to communicate in emergencies. This is good news!
The ability to communicate, something [...]
Converging Life and Work
Tuesday, February 21st, 2006Virginia Heffernan writes that television
watching, a part of daily life that marks when we disengage from work, is
becoming more work-like on the Internet.
Television watching is a marker in daily life that signifies disengagement from the workday routine, writes Virginia Heffernan in the New York Times. But this disengagement has taken place at home on the [...]
Media for Games, Media for Life
Monday, February 20th, 2006When I heard a story on NPR this morning
about video games on cellphones, I was reminded of the story of an African woman
who didn’t know her husband had died while traveling because she was too far
from a telephone.
When I heard a story on NPR this morning about video games for cellphones, I was reminded of [...]
BBC Climate Change Study
Sunday, February 19th, 2006The BBC is using a distributed computer
modeling project to measure climate change. Here’s the link for this
interesting project.
The BBC is calling for volunteers to participate in a distributed computing project to monitor global climate change. Identical in principle to the SETI distributed computer model, the experiment has been created for the BBC by [...]
Generous Giving
Saturday, February 18th, 2006The latest report on giving by United
Methodists reveals generosity beyond expectations. It also reveals the power of
the internet and changes in giving that will require serious analysis and
accommodation.
United Methodists were unusually generous in their giving to the church in 2005 according to figures released this week by the General Council on Finance and Administration [...]
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