The story of Boubacar Bah, a Guinean tailor held in a New Jersey jail for overstaying his visa, is the story behind a controversial online video game which its producers say is intended to educate players. (1-Time Registration Required)
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The "Undocumented" project heads directly behind-the-scenes into the
world of illegal immigration. We sent our cameras to... Read More
Download the September issue of Andy Goodman's newsletter to learn better ways to give your site visitors the information they want. It's a Q&A with Ginny Redish, author of "Letting Go of the Words".
Here’s a great example of the interconnectedness of social networks on the Web: On Twitter yesterday I got news from Amy Sample Ward of an organization called Tu Diabetes thatt is using Twitter to engage people online and help them manage their diabetes, a chronic disease. Read More
“On Wednesday, September 24th 2008 at 3:00 pm (EST), The Office of HIV/AIDS Policy's AIDS.gov will conduct a 30-minute webinar, ‘Underserved Populations and New Media Use’. I invite you to join and listen as experts address: Is there a ‘digital divide?’ How are underserved communities using new media? How can we use new media to reach underserved communities with HIV/AIDS messages? The webinar will also include a Q&A session. Speakers will include Fard Johnmar, Founder of Envision Solutions, LLC, and Alejandro Garcia-Barbon, Senior Technical Advisor to IQ Solutions, Inc. and NIDA's ‘Drugs + HIV > Learn the Link’ Campaign.”
(Source: Miguel Gomez Director, AIDS.gov)
Tags: AIDS, HIV, public health
Topics: Community Health, Events, Health Care, Health Care Access, News, Social networking, Technology, Web 2.0
Topics: Community Health, Events, Health Care, Health Care Access, News, Social networking, Technology, Web 2.0
The total number of U.S. TV households for the 2008-2009 season will be 114.5 million, an increase of 1.5% from last year, with Hispanic and Asian homes increasing nearly three times faster than the overall pace, Nielsen said Thursday.
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As the Democrats and Republicans gather at their national conventions, it is time to really think about a comprehensive national technology policy for the Internet Age. Read More at the Benton Headlines Web site
I got a personal boost when Melissa Gonzalez of Latinos Progresando (LP) told me that LP had been awarded 4 days of media training from the fabulous youth media organization, Global Action Project in New York City. Read More
Volunteers from our New Routes grantees and the national program office met today on a conference call to critique a new home page and project page design for our web site. Read More
Fair Use Remix Institute (FURI) is a two week digital media workshop for socially-conscious Chicago teens in which youth create several video remixes and mashups that are critical or satirical works of art focusing on political, social, and cultural issues, from a youth perspective. Read More
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