They say that no one in today’s world watches videos that are over 2 minutes. That’s not true (i.e. Kony 2012- 30 minutes long and over 92 million views), and I am going to highly encourage you to check out today’s featured story (that’s only 9 minutes). Take time to hear the story of Peace of Thread, I assure you [...]
By: Juliana Rincón Parra This post is part of our special coverage Japan Earthquake 2011. Journalist Lisa Katayama and filmmaker Jason Wishnow are documenting the lives of people dealing with radiation in a post-earthquake Japan. In We Are All Radioactive, they are including 50% footage made by themselves in the areas around Fukushima Power Plant that had a meltdown after the earthquake [...]
By:Barry Rodriguez This article comes via World Next Door Haiti has always had a big place in my heart. After the January 2010 earthquake devastated the Caribbean nation, I had the incredible privilege to live inside an internally displaced people camp and write about what life is really like for families there (click here to read those articles). That is why [...]
In recent weeks Global Voices has presented to its readers more examples of how citizen media is used to amplify the voices of refugees and displaced people. However, while blogs and social networking sites clearly have a role to play in empowering marginalized groups, so too do ICTs in general. MobileActive, for example, is encouraged by the potential for mobile phones to allow [...]
-How was The Sound of Hope birthed? And what is so pleasing leading it? In 2007, I went to Africa for the first time. I spent two and a half weeks in the tiny country of Swaziland, which is located in Southern Africa. This country is only about the size of New Jersey, with a population of less than 1 [...]
Of Rags and Art for Global Justice teamed up to teach photography to 30 children on the Buduburam Liberian Refugee Settlement outside of Accra. Select photos taken by the children are included below
THE ROAD from Road of Resistance on Vimeo. This film may not be what you want to see. It may not be what you want to hear, but it is something we must move to change. From Road to Resistance: In the summer of 2006, four friends from San Diego, California set out on a mission to [...]
By: Kelly Tierney As I think back on our time in Bangladesh I am reminded of some of my first thoughts. The first thing that crossed my mind when stepping foot into the most densely populated country in the world was, “it is crowded.” You think this would be an obvious assumption but it really takes you off guard. This [...]
