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7 February 2012
A Quick Look at the Rising Voices Microgrant Proposals
From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, Rising Voices received 1175 proposals from 124 countries. Here is a quick look at some of the demographical information from those proposals, including countries represented, focus areas, and terms from the project descriptions. This diversity demonstrates the ongoing interest and need in bringing citizen media to local underrepresented communities.
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Rising Voices 2012 Microgrant Update
Rising Voices received 1175 proposals from more than 120 countries for the 2012 microgrant competition for citizen media outreach projects. Over the next six weeks, we'll be reviewing each proposal to select which projects will join our grantee community. Announcement date is expected in mid-March. Thanks to everyone that participated.
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18 January 2012
Video Contest: Everyday Digital Native
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS), India, and HIVOS of the Netherlands are hosting the 2011 Digital AlterNatives Video Contest as a part of the ‘Digital Natives with a Cause’ project. The contest revolves around the theme “Everyday Digital Native” and asks participants to share stories on what makes their everyday life “digital”.
16 January 2012
9 December 2011
For a Bolivian Digital Space with Greater Participation
Rising Voices is organizing a three-gathering in Cochabamba, Bolivia on December 12-14, 2011. The focus of the gathering “Conectándonos” (Connecting) is to provide support and training to 35 participants from underrepresented communities and those working closely with these groups to examine how they can play a role in ensuring that the Bolivian digital space is more inclusive with greater participation by all.
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21 July 2011
Join Us for a Discussion on Mobile Phones for Citizen Media
Rising Voices will be participating as part of an online discussion to be held July 27 - August 2, 2011 hosted by the New Tactics for Human Rights platform. The discussion will focus on "Using Mobile Phones for Citizen Media," and we'll focus our participation on the work by our grantee Ségou Villages Connection in Mali.
21 April 2011
3 April 2011
Announcing the Newest Rising Voices Grantees
Rising Voices is pleased to announce the five newest members to join its global community of citizen media grantees. Each of the selected projects will receive microgrants to implement their proposed project to teach others how to use various citizen media tools. Please join RV in congratulating and welcoming the five projects from the countries of Guinea-Bissau, Greece, Brazil, India, and Mali.
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22 March 2011
Update on Rising Voices Microgrant Selection Process
Rising Voices would like to provide an update on the selection process for the latest round of microgrant funding for citizen media outreach projects. We have selected the finalists and they have already been contacted for an interview. We will choose the grantees from among these finalists and hope to make the announcement by the last week of March.
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