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Mexican Arts Center ‘saves lives’ from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Socialbrite isn’t just about social tools, it’s about stories — stories of people and organizations that are making a real difference in people’s lives. One of the best ones I’ve come across in the past year is the story of Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center. […]
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Hope meets phones
It’s been another landmark day in the short history of FrontlineSMS:Medic. For those of you who don’t know, today saw the launch of their latest initiative — Hope Phones — which, generally speaking, encourages people to dig out their old phones and give them a new lease of life in the hands of a community […]
Sloane Berrent on the cause-filled life
The cause-filled life from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Sloane Berrent, who publishes TheCausemopolitan and blogs at LAist and GirlsinTech.net, talks about causes and building community in this 3 1/2-minute video interview. I caught up with her a few minutes after the LA tech scene session she co-moderated at South by Southwest 2009 in Austin; the […]
Secrets and sex education
Secrets and sex education from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Hannah Cordero, program coordinator for the Education Theatre Program of Kaiser Permanente in Northern California, tells about the Secrets program geared toward teens through theatrical performances. Educational Theatre Programs served over 360,000 people in Northern California in 2008. Hannah spoke at the recent sex::tech conference in […]
Maplight shines a light on politics & money
Maplight: shining a light on politics and money from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Sean Tanner, research director of MAPLight.org, talks about how the organization provides transparency to the political donations system through widgets that tap into pubic information databases. We spoke at the NetSquared conference in San Jose, Calif., in May 2008, where MAPLight won […]
