This summer I have been working with IDEPSCA, The Institute of Popular Education of Southern California, through an internship provided by the Center for Civic Media. As stated in their name, IDEPSCA is an organization that works under the premise of popular education. Popular Education is a practice and […]
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The recent Supreme Court ruling on SB1070 and ongoing campaigns to raise awareness around biased policing codified at national, state, and local levels have led to some similar communication tech projects. I’ve been talking to people involved in various campaigns about their work and the tech projects they’ve developed. In […]
As a type geek, I find this Michigan court battle inspiring. As a citizen, it’s uglier than Comic Sans: At issue is whether a summary of the question, used on a petition to gather signatures to get the question on the ballot, was written in a type size specified by […]
Live notes from the “Collaboration, not Calcification” session at the Awesome Summit, by Ellen Chisa, Nikki Lee, and Rahul Bhargava. Last session! Thanks guys for sticking around. We’re going to talk about collaboration, and do-away with the slides. Panelists Facilitated by Jeff Radershan (@jraders) Comes from DC, runs a site called […]
Live notes from the “Age of Peak Guilt” session at the Awesome Summit, by Rahul Bhargava, Matt Stempeck, Ellen Chisa, and Willow Brugh. Alexis Ohanian introduces the panel by explaining the problem. Currently, to do well we ask for money by showing a sad kid. This poverty porn just causes us […]