We are Rising Voices
Helping bring new voices from new communities and speaking endangered or indigenous languages to the global conversation by facilitating the creation of peer learning networks to leverage the internet and digital media for their self-determined needs.
Digital Safety for Language Communities
Media Literacy for the underresourced
Language Digital Activism
@DigiAfricanLang
Rotating Twitter account for African language digital activism. Find out more.
@AsiaLangsOnline
Rotating Twitter account for Asian language digital activism. Find out more.
@EuroDigitalLang
Rotating Twitter account for European language digital activism. Find out more.
@NativeLangsTech
Rotating Twitter account for Native American and First Nations language digital activism in North America. Find out more.
@ActLenguas
Rotating Twitter account for Indigenous language digital activism in Latin America. Find out more.
@MENALangsNet
Coming soon!
Mayan Language Digital Activism
Project to support emerging digital activists promoting Mayan Languages in digital spaces.
Latest stories
Q&A with Paul Meighan-Chiblow, Scottish Gaelic language activist
"Gàidhlig, as with all endangered and Indigenous languages, needs to be present in digital spaces alongside dominant languages, such as English."
Q&A with Mariona Miret, Occitan language activist
"My hope is that influencers and creators publish content in Occitan that will attract the youth and attract new audiences – marketing is extremely important for our languages."
Ọpẹ́yẹmí Adémọ́lá uses educational technology as a learning tool for Yòrúba
Ọpẹ́yẹmí Adémọ́lá is a project manager in the language industry. A native speaker of Yoruba, he also works as a content developer for Nigerian language learning platform Sorolingo.
RV Newsletter: Help wanted in bridging the gap between civic tech community and the mainstream media
Opportunities, upcoming events, digital inclusion, and more!
Meet Ganesh Birua, a champion who is bringing the indigenous Ho language online
Ganesh Birua is a young activist from the Indian state of Odisha. Rising Voices talked with Birua to learn about his efforts to bring his mother tongue to the internet.
Talwyn Baudu believes that digital media may be a key factor in preserving Breton, a minority language
Talwyn Baudu is exploring the challenges and promises of sharing Breton, a language actively in decline, with the online world.
Creation of linguistic landscapes using ancient and contemporary Mayan writing
In this post, José Alfredo Hau talks about his digital activism project, his community, and his Mayan language.
Alhassan Alidu is uplifting the Moore language by bringing it online
As the executive director of the Moore Wikimedia Community, Alhassan is providing Moore with a digital platform that exists in the face of dominating Western media and languages.
We promote our Mayan languages online so they will not be forgotten
Mayan Language Digital Activism Fellow Celfa Iraida Sántiz Sántiz shares about her digital activism project, her community and her Tseltal language.
RV Newsletter: Application open for the 2023 Endangered Languages Documentation Programme grant round
Funding, mentoring, networking, and more!
Translator Surajo Teete believes the Internet is the key to uniting Fulfulde language speakers
Surajo Teete's is motivated to digitize languages like Fulfulde in order to circumvent the geographic and political boundaries that limit us.
Meet Wali Ntumba, a Tshilubà language activist attempting to engage younger generations through digital resources
Through creating online learning materials, Wali hopes to inspire youth to gain confidence in their Tshilubà language skills.
Meet Robert Obiri, a digital strategist working with the Fante dialect
Robert Obiri's work focuses on making the Fante dialect of Ghana more prominent in online spaces.
