Rising Voices · July 2012

July, 2012

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Kibera: Putting Marginalized Communities On The Map

During the Global Voices visit to Map Kibera in Kenya, Leila Nachawati met with local community leaders and activists from the Map Kibera Trust, which work on raising awareness about the needs of Kibera population through the use of video and social media. Here is her account of the visit.
Kibera: “Kenya Needs Political Leaders not Dealers”

Continuing the series on citizen journalism posts from Global Voices collaboration with Map Kibera, Kevin Rennie talks to two local residents that are committed to seeing the post-election violence does not repeat itself for the next round of Kenyan elections.
Languages: The Nahuatl Word of the Day on Twitter

Sergio Avila has taken to Twitter to post a "Nahuatl Word of the Day" as a way to teach and to interact with other up and coming learners of this indigenous language spoken throughout Mexico and other countries in Central America. New contributing author Cynthia Aguilar recently interviewed Sergio in...

Kibera: Putting Marginalized Communities On The Map

Feature22 July 2012
Kibera: “Kenya Needs Political Leaders not Dealers”

Feature19 July 2012
Languages: The Nahuatl Word of the Day on Twitter

Feature12 July 2012

Stories from July, 2012

Physical Spaces as Catalysts for Greater Digital Participation

Announcements30 July 2012

Join New Tactics, Rising Voices, SMEX, and other practitioners for an online dialogue on “Physical Spaces as Catalysts for Greater Digital Citizen Participation” from August 8-14, 2012.

Languages: Crowd-Sourced Online Nouchi Dictionary

Languages30 July 2012

Nouchi started out as a street slang used by disenfranchised youths in the Ivorian capital, Abidjan, but has since gained prominence and even given rise to a writing system. A...

Kibera: Power Women Challenging HIV Stigma

Feature10 July 2012

As a part of the journey to the Kibera neighborhood in Nairobi by the Global Voices Community members, a small group met with a group of HIV-positive women whose daily...

Mapping Kibera – A Visit To Nairobi's Slums

Feature9 July 2012

On the July 1, 2012, a groups of Global Voices members went to the neighborhoods of Kibera, in Kenya to meet members of Map Kibera and learn about their work....

Citizen Journalism with Map Kibera During GV Summit

Events7 July 2012

As part of the activities of the recent Global Voices Citizen Media Summit held in Nairobi, Kenya on July 2-3, Rising Voices partnered with the local organization Map Kibera Trust...

RV at 5: Blogging Positively Sparks HIV/AIDS Conversation

Blogging Positively2 July 2012

In the past 4 years the Blogging Positively group has produced an e-guide, map of bloggers covering HIV issues and led other initiatives to expand the citizen media conversation on...