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[change] African Industrial Internet Programme now open for admission

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[change] Please help me find an edutech CEO...

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[change] International Digital Divide Conference 22-24 May 2019, Washington, DC USA

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[change] Data Fellowes Programme at Centre for Humm Data

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[change] Course: Artificial Intelligence for International Development

*** Please note that Liberation Technology doesn't benefit financially in any way from your taking this course. Just sharing because it looks interesting and because Tech Change has long been a friend of our program and offers excellent courses for those working in tech for development. Tech Cha

[change] Who could provide Internet connectivity for community-based groups in Puerto Rico?

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[change] Our People-Centered Digital Future | Right now via webcast!

Today is the "Our People-Centered Digital Future" sponsored by Constellation Research . By March 2019, 50% of the world will be connected to the Internet, an inflection point that marks an important moment for examining the “unfinished work” of the Internet an

[change] JOB: USAID DIV STIP Officer; Deadline: Dec 13

Jeff Brown recently re-joined Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) at United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as Division Chief. USAID DIV supports piloting and rigorous testing of innovations in development and helps transition the most successful innovations to scale. For ex

[change] JOB: Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR), Public Platforms, Omidyar Network India

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[change] Tech & Social Good: Could You Share Syllabi & Readings?

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[change] What's the best way for users to edit erroneous GIS data?

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Re: [change] Let's reunite the kids forcibly torn from their migrant parents

P.S. Suzanne just informed me that the domain is Helpfind.us... On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 1:10 PM, Yosem Companys wrote: > Note that I'm doing this in a personal capacity and NOT representing or > speaking for Stanford in any way. > > This is just to kickoff a conversation..

[change] Let's reunite the kids forcibly torn from their migrant parents

Note that I'm doing this in a personal capacity and NOT representing or speaking for Stanford in any way. This is just to kickoff a conversation... Suzanne has obtained a domain name to host a database to keep track of all of the kids who have been forcibly removed from their parents. We need to

[change] Stanford Liberationtech Needs Your Help

Hi All, The Program on Liberation Technologies at Stanford University (LT) has been going strong since circa 2006. Since then, LT has helped thousands design, use, and research technologies that foster the public good. Recently, the decision was made to spi

[change] USAID's Development Informatics Team wants a Senior ICT Advisor

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[change] Help Puerto Rico use tech for social good

Dear friends and colleagues, - How should the Puerto Rican government use technology to improve quality of life and socioeconomic development, especially in the poorest and most vulnerable communities? I would appreciate your emailing me as soon as possible one-sentence proposed actions

Re: [change] Nigerian seeks treatment for Typhoid and Malaria Co-Infection...

Note: I don't know Abraham well. I only know him from being a prospective applicant to the Master of Technology Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara. So please help secure medicine for him, not money, should he ask. Thanks, Yosem On Sun, Mar 11, 2018 at 10:48 AM,

[change] Nigerian seeks treatment for Typhoid and Malaria Co-Infection...

Anybody on the list have any contacts in international public health who might be able to help Abraham (cc'ed) get access to medication? Thanks, Yosem ___ change mailing list change@change.washington.edu http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo

[change] JOB: Consult for DARPA

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[change] ‘Kind’ technology?

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[change] A potential new Liberationtech tool...

Google Is Testing a New App That Would Let Anyone Publish a Local News Story By WILL OREMUS JAN 26, 201812:36 AM Google is testing a new tool for people to report and publish local news stories, called Bulletin. A website first spotted online Thursday describes Bulletin as “an app for contribut

[change] Mesh networking gig in Guyana

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[change] Solarizing water pumps in Puerto Rico

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[change] Opensource SAT/ACT Prep Project for Students by Students

From: Raul Aguilera Dear Yosem, My name is Raul Aguilera, and I am with a non-profit organization called Education for Purpose (edufp.org) based out of Omaha, Nebraska. I saw your name on LinkedIn and thought I would share about our organization. Education for Purpose through the College Prep P

[change] Help the people of Syria get the antidote to chemical attacks

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Re: [change] [liberationtech] Liberationtech List Reminder

y anyone! Talk to me in private using > encryption. Here's my PGP public key: https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/ > lookup?op=get&search=0x919C9EBCA0430B96 > > Yosem Companys schreef op 1 februari 2017 > 06:00:57 CET: > >> We are Stanford Liberatiiontech. >>

[change] Liberationtech List Reminder

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[change] Off Topic: Academics Against Immigration Executive Order

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[change] Internet Connection officially Severed in Anglophone Cameroon Pleaase help

From: Nyangkwe Agien Aaron Dear All It has been roughly a month that the people of the anglophone regions (formerly Southern Cameroons) of Cameroon have had internet cut off. The minister of Post and Telecommunication states that it was for security reasons. MTN the operator that supplys interne

[change] If Muslims are blocked by the U.S., should we respond?

From: Dave Burstein I raise the question of whether we should respond to the proposed U.S. ban on nationals of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen. Scott Aaronson reports one of his MIT students will probably have to leave if he can't get his visa removed. We all know how many Irania

[change] Mercy Corps Innovation & Digital Coordinator in Nairobi

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Re: [change] [iSchool #10327] FW: [liberationtech-jobs] Paid summer internship (up to $15k) with new social good tech company

eing filled? I’m well past the deadline, but if hasn’t been yet, I’m very interested. Thanks! Akshay From: < change-boun...@change.washington.edu (mailto:change-boun...@change.washington.edu)> on behalf of Yosem Companys < icare...@uw.edu (mailto:icare...@uw.edu)> Repl

[change] Security Without Borders

Some hackers and security professionals have gotten together to create Security Without Borders (SWB), a collective that provides technical assistance to civil society and activists that are dedicated to the international, non-violent struggle to protect fundamental human rights. Here is their man

Re: [change] [iSchool #10327] FW: [liberationtech-jobs] Paid summer internship (up to $15k) with new social good tech company

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[change] Ethnographic perspectives on human centered design for social change?

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[change] E-Voting

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[change] New Ph.D. Program in Technology Management and Organization Studies at UC Santa Barbara

From: Paul Leonardi The University of California, Santa Barbara is pleased to announce the launch of a new Ph.D. DEGREE in Technology Management. Applications are due January 15, 2017 for matriculation in Fall 2017. This new program is administered by UCSB’s Technology Management Program (loca

[change] World Bank’s ICT team, focused on digital development

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[change] smartphone usage in africa

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[change] Post-Doc Position at Stanford WTO

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[change] Thiel Fellowship

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[change] Stanford Liberationtech / ICT4D Book Announcement

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[change] Orange African Social Venture Prize 2013

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[change] Using Technology to Create Value

From: End Poverty in South Asia ** Using Technology to Create Value [image: SAR Technology]*Join an Online Discussion with Sri Lankan youth entrepreneurs on Friday, 22nd March at 3-5pm on the **World Bank's Sri Lanka Facebook page * *and learn from th

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[change] mHealth projects in Malawi?

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[change] RTI & Tech conference @ Stanford University

> > The Right to information and transparency in the digital age: Policy, > tools and practices > > Workshop organized by Liberation Technology Program at Stanford > University, United States, 11.-12. March, 2013 > > Call for Papers > > Access to information has become one of the most p

[change] Gates Program Officer - Sanitation Innovation Market Readiness

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