[liberationtech] FreedomHack hackathon in DC to build tools for citizen reporters in Mexico

[Kirby Plessas]

Great! Well, please contact Shauna Dillavou (shauna at communityred.org or
@shaunalead) and maybe you can brainstorm/collaborate.

Kirby Plessas
President and CEO
Plessas Experts Network, Inc.
202-684-8101
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On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Kyle Maxwell <kylem at xwell.org> wrote:

> Virtual would be good. This is a specific area of interest and research
> for me, and I would like to find a way to collaborate securely with others.
> On Aug 1, 2013 4:51 AM, "Kirby Plessas" <kirby at plessas.net> wrote:
>
>> I'm not the organizer of this event, but I am sure it will go beyond
>> DC-based events. I believe this is the CommunityRED kick off event and it
>> is in DC because the founder, Shauna Dillavou, is here and she is
>> partnering with some other DC orgs. I've let her know about libtech and
>> hopefully she will join soon to talk about it.
>>
>> Were you thinking other city-based hackathons or maybe a virtual one?
>>
>>
>> Kirby Plessas
>> President and CEO
>> Plessas Experts Network, Inc.
>> 202-684-8101
>> 202-403-3528 (fax)
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Kyle Maxwell <kylem at xwell.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Do you have plans for future efforts to include non-DC-located hackers?
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Kirby Plessas <kirby at plessas.net>
>>> wrote:
>>> > FreedomHack is a hackathon put together by CommunityRED along with
>>> Amnesty
>>> > International and Cont3nt.com with the aim of building digital tools
>>> to aid
>>> > citizen reporters in Mexico. Mexico is consistently rated as one of
>>> the most
>>> > dangerous places in the world for reporters, due to violence and
>>> targeting
>>> > from drug cartels. The tools developed during FreedomHack will
>>> capitalize on
>>> > existing open source goodness to help journalists report stories
>>> anonymously
>>> > and securely - a total necessity for more reporting of corruption in
>>> > government and cartel-related violence.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > This is an excellent opportunity to launch the good work of
>>> CommunityRED,
>>> > which provides digital safety for journalists, activists, and citizen
>>> > journalists in conflict zones. If you like open source stuff, tech for
>>> good,
>>> > or just plain doing good, come join us!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Oh yeah, use this link for a 100% discount:
>>> > http://freedomhack.eventbrite.com/?discount=TLM4EVER
>>> >
>>> > (It's free! Of course.)
>>> >
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