Beyond Web 2.0: Power, Participation and New Technology (Room C204)
Blogs, Wikis, Tags – Sites, Hosts and Servers. The Online universe is expanding by leaps and bounds, changing the way people relate to one another and information online. In this workshop we’ll review the newest technologies and innovative ways they are being employed to build a progressive base. In turn, we’ll talk about the possibilities for moving people of color through online social, political and information networks.
Deanna Zandt, Media Technologist
Ibrahim Abdul-Matin,
Movement Strategy CenterSome of the sites that we will be talking about are in the resources section
Notes:Basic Flow of Presentations.
Opening with three breaths
history of human communication brainstorm
web 2.0 powerpoint (PDF; 2.3MB)
interventionists talk
racial justice frame
best practices
closing comments
Closing with three breaths
Racial Justice work should approach technology the same way that they approach race, class, and gender.
Resources:
List of sites from presentation and discussion:
http://del.icio.us/tag/arcweb2.0
Future 5000:
Connecting the Youth Movement for Change. Future 5000 reflects the best of youth organizing and movement building. It’s a new online tool that fuses networking and strategy for the growth of a more powerful and connected youth movement. With an active directory of over 600 youth organizations, Future 5000 creates a unique and dynamic webspace for organizers to share resources, build campaigns, and develop partnerships. Log on. Build power.
Online Media Resource Center 
MyBloc was develoepd with these ideas in mind:
Movement building organizations need movement building technology. Together, we have a shared understanding of the values and principles that inform of technology organizing. We are committed to developing:
Technology that supports face-to-face organizing;
Our role is to support face-to-face organizing, thereby building on connections, community and networks that already exist. Web-based technologies can support organizing work, but not replace it.
User centric technology that is youth and community driven;
User developed and directed content and functionality. Technologists should come from the communities that they serve. Their primary experience should include technology and organizing—hence, the Organizer-Technologist.
Culturally relevant technology;
Web tools should be hard-wired with the values of the users from the inception; the vehicle for social change should be consistent with the values of the movement: open, participatory, democratic, and accountable.
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