<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div style="font-family:'times new roman' , 'new york' , 'times' , serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><br><div>>Could you remind us what your program is that you work with these <br>>students? Web site that talks more about this effort?<br><br><br><div>Thanks for asking, Jayne. I mostly work as a volunteer. Been doing volunteer<br></div><div>computer refurbishing for about 25 years here in the Washington DC-area.<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> The best record of work I've done is in the archive of emails on the E-Democracy<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Digital Inclusion Network email list -- at <br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><a href="http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/inclusion">http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/inclusion</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> and the articles I've written for Opensource.com<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><a href="https://opensource.com/user_articles/13589">https://opensource.com/user_articles/13589</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> Just recently I was appointed the chair of the digital empowerment group in<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>a nonprofit named KindWorks. (<a href="http://dokindworks.org">http://dokindworks.org</a>). In that role, I'm coordinating</div><div>about ten other computer refurbishing volunteers. It feels great to be working as part of team. <br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> Computer refurbishing is also now an official part of my public library job. I set aside five<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>hours per week of my library job for doing computer refurbishing work. <br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div> phil<br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><br><br><br>---<br><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><br>Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc<br>Portland, Oregon, USA<br><br>The web site - <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT435_com_zimbra_url"><a href="http://www.coyotebroad.com" rel="noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.coyotebroad.com</a></span><br>Me on Twitter, other social networks, & my blog:<br><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT436_com_zimbra_url"><a href="http://www.coyotebroad.com/me/jayneonline.shtml" rel="noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.coyotebroad.com/me/jayneonline.shtml</a></span><br><br>Author: The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook<br>More about the book, and how to buy it<br>(as a paperback or as an e-book):<br><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT437_com_zimbra_url"><a href="http://www.coyotebroad.com/volunteer/guidebook.shtml" rel="noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.coyotebroad.com/volunteer/guidebook.shtml</a></span><br><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><></div><br><hr id="zwchr"><div><b>From: </b>"Jayne Cravens" <jayne@coyotebroad.com><br><b>To: </b>"inclusion" <inclusion@forums.e-democracy.org><br><b>Cc: </b>"lt" <lt@lists.liberationtech.org>, "refurbishers" <refurbishers@googlegroups.com>, "ctcnet" <ctcnet@lists.delawarevalley.org>, "NDIA Listserv" <listserv@digitalinclusion.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, January 25, 2021 11:41:16 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [liberationtech] [Inclusion] One of my 9th grade students, Mahfuz Salifh, is flourishing<br></div><br><div>On 2021-01-23 17:28, Phil Shapiro wrote:<br><br>> I took him a donated computer three years ago, when he was in 6th<br>> grade. Even back then, he was an eager learner and high academic<br>> achiever.<br>> <br>> Check out the screencast he recently made using OBS Studio (open<br>> source screencasting software).<br>> <br>> [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f84LPLLwgvM |<br>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f84LPLLwgvM ]<br>> If you'd like to send him some encouraging feedback, his email is --<br>> <br>> "Mahfuz Salih" <mahfuzsalih@gmail.com><br>> <br>> Don't forget to mention which city, state (or country) you're writing <br>> from.<br><br>Could you remind us what your program is that you work with these <br>students? Web site that talks more about this effort?<br><br><br><br><br>---<br><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><br>Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc<br>Portland, Oregon, USA<br><br>The web site - http://www.coyotebroad.com<br>Me on Twitter, other social networks, & my blog:<br>http://www.coyotebroad.com/me/jayneonline.shtml<br><br>Author: The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook<br>More about the book, and how to buy it<br>(as a paperback or as an e-book):<br>http://www.coyotebroad.com/volunteer/guidebook.shtml<br><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><br><br>-- <br>Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major commercial search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt. Unsubscribe, change to digest mode, or change password by emailing lt-owner@lists.liberationtech.org.<br></div><br><div>-- <br></div><div><div>--<br>Phil Shapiro, pshapiro@his.com<br>http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/briefbio.html<br>http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro<br><a href="http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/stories.menu.html</a><br></div><br><div>He/Him/His<br><br>"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates<br>"Learning happens thru gentleness."<br></div><div><span style="color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );font-family:'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 )">"We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options." David Suzuki</span><br style="color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );font-family:'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 )"></div></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>