684 posts tagged social_change

Imagine a proud society, perhaps a civilization, as doomed as can be. Imagine Troy, or Carthage, an Aztec city, Paris under the Occupation, some South American dictatorship with thriving malls and torture cells, with resisters with bellies slit tossed from helicopters into the sea.

I’d much prefer it if the news about the passing of the law making same-sex civil unions legal was getting half the press that the kangaroo cull is getting. I’m much more interested that at least one of the tiers of our Federal government system has taken a step forward in recognising family

Reposted from The Huffington Post The Wii Fit is not the only game changer in town. As everyone knows, the Wii - the motion sensor-enabled video game console that gets players up and moving - is the hottest thing around.

Another Season of Inspiration on American Idol Two years ago, I wrote an essay called “How American Idol Changed My Life”. I realized as I wrote it that some who see me as a person focused on more profound issues might find my enjoyment of an iconic pop culture talent show to be seriously out of character.

We Make the Road by Walking Watercolor Mixed Media A personal reflection on rising up for social change. Title inspired by Myles Horton & Paulo Freire’s book - We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change

Demos, the UK think tank for “everyday democracy”, has published its latest pamphlet on privacy. “The transformation of our social lives and the increase in surveillance and technological innovations have led us to believe that privacy is in the midst of a very public death.

A bridge builder across the healthcare divide Posted by Tanisha on May 19, 2008 by Billy Baker Boston Globe Diana Chapman Walsh, the former president of Wellesley College, remembers the first time she heard Byllye Avery’s voice. It was more than 20 years ago, and Walsh had taken her daughter to a women’s health rally on the Mall in Washington, D.C.

Urgent Appeal for Solidarity by Zimbabwean Women to African Women and Women All Over the World A message from our Zimbabwean Sisters   Overview on the situation in ZimbabweOn March 29,2008 Zimbabwe went to the polls to elect its next government until 2013.

Podtech has published a number of audio interviews with senior staff of Alcatel-Lucent on their thinking about user-centric experience, as it informs their applications and solutions. Exploiting end-user trends to create value with sticky services - The “Me” network for the “We” experience [12:43] The communications industry is experiencing the explosion of the “Me-We” phenomenon!

The Australian has gotten very lazy indeed. In their opinion section they now have a feature they call “Cut & Paste” where all they do is quote disjointed segments from op-ed articles originally published elsewhere - I wonder whether they pay the journalists whose writings they use this way?