[Mitai-announce] Designing a Peace Builder Toolkit for Congressional Districts: a Hands-on Workshop

[Leonid Chindelevitch]

Congress does not pay enough attention to constituents on issues of human
rights, peace, and justice. Individuals stop trying to reach their elected
representatives when they feel their voice does not count. Join in this
hands-on workshop to create a prototype real-time Peace-Builder Toolkit for
Congressional Districts using cloud computing (Salesforce.com), GovTrack, and
Google maps. These new tools help individuals who care about human rights,
peace and justice form and connect to groups, help groups build their own
membership and join coalitions, and easily show the size of their membership to
policy-makers to press for better representation.

If you want to learn how to design interactive software tools that make a
difference, and see them used in the world to build peace and justice, make
sure you register for this workshop.

Mon Jan 11, 04-07:00pm, 4-253
Wed Jan 13, 04-07:00pm, 4-145
Fri Jan 15, 02-05:00pm, 4-253
Mon Jan 25, 04-07:00pm, 4-253
Wed Jan 27, 04-07:00pm, 2-139
Fri Jan 29, 02-05:00pm, 4-145

Participants are requested to attend all sessions
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required by 10-Jan-2010 (see contact below)
Web: http://RebuildingAlliance.org/MITWorkshop
Contact: Donna Baranski-Walker, dbw at alum.mit.edu
Sponsored by: MIT Amnesty International
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