Electoral Organizing + Technology = Power!

Submitted by arifmamdani on April 30, 2007 - 3:10pm.
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This session will be on: June 30, 2007 - 10:30am

It will be held at: Room 1406 room at the Westin Hotel

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Organization Description

The Progressive Technology Project (PTP) seeks to raise the scope and scale of technology resources available to grassroots community organizing groups working for environmental, economic, and social justice. PTP provides training, technical assistance and grants to develop the capacity of grassroots organizing groups through the use of information technology. PTP's goals include: * Help grassroots groups to obtain new technology skills that advance their ability to improve the quality of people's lives * Explore, create and share models of technology use that increase the organization's power and effectiveness by adding value to grassroots organizing * Develop a program of technical assistance to address the unique needs that grassroots organizations face in their use of technology * Leverage resources to support the use of information technologies by grassroots organizations * Create a place for strategic discussions about the relationship between grassroots organizing and technology Many people and communities are being left behind by the growing divide between those who have access to information technologies and those who don't. Grassroots groups in particular have not been able to take advantage of the powerful potential that technology offers to advance their work. PTP works to support the development of skills, capacities and best practices that enable communities and organizations most often left out of the information economy to harness the potential of technology. PTP exists to build an infrastructure that supports grassroots groups' use of information technologies to strengthen their efforts to create just communities.

Proposal Demographics

identify as women
identify as people of color
are 25 years old or younger
are immigrants (not born in U.S.)
are artists/cultural workers

Session Description

Turn up the power on your electoral efforts! After a quick overview of the electoral program lifecycle, we’ll dig into the technologies associated with electoral engagement with a special emphasis on the data cycle and data needs associated with doing voter work. We’ll use PTP’s new online Voter Tech Kit which draws on the electoral experience of organizers around the country as a resource. If you’re considering attending this workshop, we strongly suggest that you send at least two people from your organization – one organizer and one person who works with your organization’s technology; we’ve found that this combination greatly facilitates taking the learning home. Also if you’re already using electoral work as part of your community organizing efforts, come to share your experiences with other organizing groups.

This session will be conducted in English.

PTP strives to create an interactive and engaging training environment through the use of popular education techniques with an emphasis on sharing stories and experiences from the field.


First Name

Arif

Last Name

Mamdani

Contact E-mail

arif@progressivetech.org

Proposing Organization

Progressive Technology Project

Organization Website

http://www.progressivetech.org

Position or Title

Capacity Building Program Coordinator

Contact Telephone

612-724-2600

Event Day

Saturday, June 30th (Strategizing the Achieving of Another World)

Contact Address

2801 21st Avenue S, Suite 132E

Contact City

Minneapolis

Keywords

Communities
Economies
Anti-corporate power
Civil Society
Community-building
Human Rights, Civil & Political

Audience Number

25-50 people

Contact State

MN

Contact ZIP

55407

Person Reviewing

jerome