[Network-Centric Resources] New to the list! Hello!

[Trudy Singzon]

Hi all,

I'm a family physician (which means I see newborns up to geriatrics, I just
no longer deliver babies) based on San Francisco and I've focused most of
my training and career in primary care focused on marginalized and
underserved communities.

I'm like an infant in this group - a total non-technical person - just
hoping to give input about tools and resources for my patients and similar
vulnerable communities who have limited technical proficiency, limited
literacy/English proficiency or are non-English speakers but I believe
deserve to learn how to protect themselves online as well as off. I've
dealt with a lot of patients who were sexually abused as children by family
members or in domestic violence situations who were subsequently stalked by
their abusers online, via Facebook, etc and have come to realize that this
is a new area of putting folks at risk. I've spent many a 15-minute visit
showing patients how to block their abusers on Facebook, for example, when
I barely knew how to change the security settings and block people myself.

And now, with the current political situation in the U.S., it seems to be
open season on communities of color, the LGBT community, etc and even as
patient advocates, because doctors aren't necessarily tech savvy
themselves, we all have to learn how to protect ourselves.

So that's my motivation but I don't know that I have much to offer other
than a connection to these communities and my experience with them. Still,
it was such a pleasure to meet some of you during the conference, so I'm
happy to help if I can. Having said that, I'll be traveling for most of the
next 3-6 months so may not be checking email very regularly but I'll do
what I can.

Best regards,
Trudy


On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 1:06 AM, Martin L. Fällman <martin at mlowdi.net>
wrote:

>
> Hey all!
> A little late to the party maybe but I thought I should give a quick
> introduction too.
>
> # Introduction #
>
> I'm Martin, protection officer and digsec specialist at Civil Rights
> Defenders, operating out of Stockholm, Sweden, but working with many of
> our partners in the Balkans, South-East Asia, East Africa, the former
> Soviet Union and sometimes at home in Sweden. Also getting in on our
> growing Latin/Central America program.
>
> Mainly, I facilitate trainings and develop curriculums to address the
> specific issues our partners face---generally government
> repression/surveillance but also local/regional antagonists from civil
> society.
>
> # Network-centric resources that I'm working on #
>
> I have a project... that I can't talk about yet because the potential
> funders are still looking at the concept notes. ;)
>
> On a more serious and neigbourly note, I'm working on a number of
> different developments to our curriculums and methods, and all of them
> keep coming back to this deep need for community and network building
> among our partners, and inbetween the regions where we work.
>
> # The big challenges I'm facing #
>
> To be absolutely blunt: our funders and part of our management might not
> share my belief in creating strong, independent networks that we can
> then energize to effect change in the world. We're an old organization
> with a traditional model, which is great when you want to measure
> long-term outcomes (and for achieving said outcomes!) but a literal drag
> when you want to break the mould and develop new and awesome stuff.
>
> (That is not to say my organization is incapable of change. We're just
> slow to adopt new methods---which I guess is a good thing since we have
> been pretty successful doing what we do since the early '90s!)
>
> So I guess what I hope I can hoover up (and help create) from a list and
> project like this is stuff like concrete steps to take, pitfalls to
> avoid and success stories to quote in order to get my organization
> on-board the network-centric train. :)
>
>
> As to Soraya's questions below, I think I'll need to start a whole new
> thread to discusse those because we seem to have shared interests!
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Martin L. Fällman
> +46 (0)70 550 7558
> http://mlowdi.net/
>
> On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 11:05:44AM +0100, Maya Richman wrote:
> > Hey everyone,
> >
> > Thanks for the coordination and data dump Dirk!
> >
> > //introducing yourself on the list
> >
> > I'm Maya, I'm the Techno Queen at The Engine Room, where I focus on
> > internal tech processes/security and engage with social change
> > organisations/activists in sustained organisational security support.
> >
> > //giving any amount of detail on the network-centric resource you are
> > working on
> >
> > I want to continue to improve and grow the network around organisational
> > security (orgsec.community) and the Training of Trainers network re:
> > Level Up (level-up.cc). The Engine Room also seeks to continue to
> > produce hackable/CC research in modifiable and collaborative ways.
> >
> > //what are the big challenges you are facing in doing so
> >
> > Not to be techno-determinist, but...
> >
> > I think finding a tech stack, i.e. where the resource is hosted, tools
> > for localisation, human-friendly contribution mechanisms, has been a
> > huge impediment to making a living resource accessible and up-to-date.
> >
> > Looking forward to hearing from the rest of you!
> >
> > Maya
> >
> > On 03/16/2017 12:29 AM, Soraya Okuda wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > Per the welcome email's suggestion, I am introducing myself to the
> list.
> > > Here it goes:
> > >
> > > I'm Soraya, I'm a designer at EFF, and I help with EFF's security
> > > education materials initiative. We're currently working on resources
> for
> > > trainers at SSD, though the exact shape of our materials is to be
> > > determined. The goal is to make a sustainable resource that meets the
> > > heightened demand for trainings, and that meets the diverse needs of
> the
> > > security training community working with at-risk groups. It would be
> > > geared toward beginner-friendly explanations.
> > >
> > > I'm curious as to:
> > >
> > > 1) What are some graphics you'd like to see for explaining digital
> > > security to non-technical folks?
> > > 2) What do you feel is missing in the educational material space for
> > > digital security trainings?
> > > 3) What isn't currently covered in digital security curricula that
> needs
> > > to be?
> > >
> > > Thanks and looking forward to ~*discuss*~ing with you.
> > > Soraya
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> >
> > --
> > Maya Richman
> >
> > Techno Queen
> > The Engine Room | https://www.theengineroom.org
> > [skype] mayarichman
> > [tw] @mayarichman
> >
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