Harnessing Technology to Empower Marginalized Communities

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Redefining what’s possible Digital Democracy

Dd’s Mission:Empower marginalized communities to use technology to defend their rights.

Direct engagement with local partners Building open-source tools

Our Approach

Where we’ve worked

Our process

Digital Literacy

Digital Organizing

Digital Citizenship

LeadershipStory Advocacy

Digital Literacy

Digital Organizing

Digital Citizenship

What does this look like?

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Kache / To Hideby Eramithe Delva

What next?

What next?

How do we scale?

Andoas, Peru

Oil-spill monitoring

Remote Access Toolkit

Gather Manage Share

• Testing hardware storage

• MapFilter • Satellite imagery

analysis

• Participatory & offline mapping

• Mobile data collection

• Drone testing

• Printable maps • Automated

sharing • Journey.js

Gather Manage Share

Tools & Approaches

Mapping

Mobile Data Collection

www.hacktherainforest.org

1) UX

2) P2P Sync

3) Offline Media Workflows

4) Managing Mapping Information

Drones

Tools & Approaches

MapFilter

Journey.js

What kind of world do you want to live in?

Guyana 2013

What kind of world do you want to live in?Who gets to decide?

Guyana 2013

What role will you play?

Emily Jacobi emily@ddem.us

www.digital-democracy.org