David Sasaki · February, 2008

Latest posts by David Sasaki from February, 2008

Five Minute Phone Call with Eddie Avila

  22 February 2008

This week we begin a new feature on Rising Voices where we will regularly check in with project leaders from the 10 Rising Voices outreach projects. We start with Eddie Ávila who is currently in the United States to present Voces Bolivianas at the We Media conference in Miami, Florida.

Jorge Jurado Raps About Citizen Media

  19 February 2008

Jorge is one of about 20 young people in the peripheral working class neighborhood of San Javier La Loma who are using citizen media to rescue the forgotten history of their community. His song "ConVerGentes" which he performed in this video in early January 2008 discusses the potential of using participatory media to rescue the forgotten history and culture of local communities.

Cristina Quisbert on Blogging

  10 February 2008

Cristina Quisbert shares her experiences of being a member of Voces Bolivianas. Cristina was also featured in an interview published here a couple months ago. You can read translations of posts by Cristina and fellow Voces Bolivianas participants on the English version of the Voces Bolivianas site.

Growing Up Blogging in Rural Uruguay

  10 February 2008

Rising Voices grantee Pablo Flores, who is in charge of the implementation of the One Laptop Per Child program in Uruguay, believes that the XO laptop is more than just an educational tool. He also sees the lime green laptops as an important communication device which he hopes will allow all Uruguayan students to be heard by the rest of their country and participate in the online conversations which will affect their future.

Come Explore New Videos at Rising Voices

  1 February 2008

The first round of Rising Voices outreach projects have already been training participants in underrepresented communities how to use the tools of citizen media for just over seven months now. Now many of the projects are taking their media production skills to the next level by using Windows Movie Maker to produce short video documentaries that reveal the realities of the communities where they live.