[Antiracism] FW: Technology in Organizing

Sat Oct 28 13:35:28 EDT 2006

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From: Allison Fletcher Acosta [mailto:Allison at jwj.org] 
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 5:17 PM
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Subject: FW: PTP Community Organizing Resource Network E-Newsletter

Local coalition staff & leaders:

The Progressive Technology Project has a small pool of grant $ to help
groups improve their use of technology in organizing.  Check out their
website at www.progressivetech.org <http://www.progressivetech.org/>  (and
see below) to find out more about how you can apply for a grant.

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Allison Fletcher Acosta

Communications & Technology Coordinator

Jobs with Justice

1325 Massachusetts Ave Nw Ste 200

Washington, DC 20005

tel: (202) 393-1044 x224

fax: (202) 393-7408

allison at jwj.org

www.jwj.org

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From: Arif Mamdani [mailto:arif at progressivetech.org] 
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 2:50 PM
To: Allison Fletcher Acosta
Subject: PTP Community Organizing Resource Network E-Newsletter

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October 2006 Edition from the Progressive Technology Project 

<http://progressivetechnologyproject.cmail1.com/.aspx/l/107792/34020995/www.
progressivetech.org/CORN/?p=20> Welcome to another edition of the Community
Organizing Resource Network E-Newsletter (CORN) - PTP's quarterly newsletter
packed with news and information related to using technology in your
organizing work. The big news for this issue of CORN is: 

THE PTP Organizing Technology GRANTS Program IS OPEN! 

That's right, PTP has opened another grants round where you can submit your
proposal for funds to help your organization use technology in your
organizing work. Deadline is November 28 th. 

Head on over to www.progressivetech.org
<http://progressivetechnologyproject.cmail1.com/.aspx/l/107792/34020995/www.
progressivetech.org>  for more information. 

Once you've read that, come on back here to read the rest of CORN. 

Since it is really hard to top news like that, we'd like to share some
information related to PTP's grants program that will help you as you
prepare your grant application. 

At PTP, we're big fans of good technology assessment, and from that a clear
technology plan. If you've ever attended a PTP training, you know we spend a
lot of time on these subjects because we've seen what a difference a clear
plans makes in successful implementation of a technology project. We've got
a good set of materials related to assessment and planning on website that
should help you if think some assessment and planning are in order. Check
them out at http://www.progressivetech.org/Resources/assessment_planning.htm
<http://progressivetechnologyproject.cmail1.com/.aspx/l/107792/34020995/www.
progressivetech.org/Resources/assessment_planning.htm> 

Also, the focus of PTP's grants round is technology that helps to advance
and enhance your community organizing work. So please, tell us about the
organizing work that you're doing. Your organizing work is what gets us
excited and makes us pay attention, not the wiz-bang technology. So, tell us
about your organizing work and how the technology will help to move the work
forwards. 

Finally, if you're wondering about the kinds of things PTP has funded in the
past, take a look the information in the grants section of the website, and
also check out some of the case studies that we've written about in CORN.
Read about previous grantees here:
http://www.progressivetech.org/Grantees/index.htm
<http://progressivetechnologyproject.cmail1.com/.aspx/l/107792/34020995/www.
progressivetech.org/Grantees/index.htm> . 

The Organizing Technology Grants Program is Now Open! 

With the generous support of our funders, we've reopened our Organizing and
Technology Grants Program. This is our ninth grants round and some aspects
remain the same, while others are changing. As before, we have $100,000 to
distribute and grants will be limited to $10,000. They will still go to
support technology applications for grassroots social change community
organizing groups. Some changes: 

*	grantees will be invited to share their proposals and experiences on
our web site so that other groups can benefit from what they learn or get
advice from organizing groups that have undertaken similar projects. 

*	applications will be taken on-line (if you can't make an online
application for some reason, you can send print or email versions) 

Check out the grants
<http://progressivetechnologyproject.cmail1.com/.aspx/l/107792/34020995/www.
progressivetech.org/Program/GrantMaking/index.htm>  page to familiarize
yourself with the process. Apply early. The November 28 deadline is fast
approaching. 

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PTP House Parties! 

Not just for folks interested in technology, PTP is holding house parties
around the country to raise the profile of technology and community
organizing and to raise some funds for PTP's work. We'd love to bring a
house party to your area. Contact Kwame  (
<mailto:kwame at progressivetech.org> kwame at progressivetech.org or 866.298-6463
ext. 11 (toll free) to host  or join one in your neighborhood.   You won't
have to be a geek to enjoy it. 

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