Stories about Events

Rising Voices Year in Review 2011

  2 January 2012

Rising Voices looks back at some of the highlights from our work in 2011, including welcoming new grantees, forging new partnerships, and organizing citizen media outreach events. We would also like to thank all those that accompany us on our mission of working towards a global online space much more representative with greater participation by all.

Russia: Global Protests At Russian Embassies Mark World AIDS Day

  20 December 2011

Recently the activists of the Association of Substitution Treatment Advocates of Ukraine (ASTAU) posted an overview of the latest events all over the globe marking the World AIDS Day. The major highlight of the analysis was the rallies at the Russian Embassies around the world against the brutal and cruel treatment of people living with a drug addiction in Russia.

Bolivia: The Public Event of Conectándonos Gathering

  18 December 2011

The Conectándonos (Connecting) gathering in Cochabamba, Bolivia held on December 12-14, brought together emerging leaders interested in exploring ways how the use of citizen media and the building of networks can play a role in affecting social change in their local communities. This is a short summary of the public event held on December 13.

Bolivia: Day 2 of the Conectándonos Gathering

  18 December 2011

The Conectándonos (Connecting) gathering in Cochabamba, Bolivia held on December 12-14, brought together emerging leaders interested in exploring ways how the use of citizen media and the building of networks can play a role in affecting social change in their local communities. This is a short summary of Day 2.

Bolivia: Day 1 of the Conectándonos Gathering

  16 December 2011

The Conectándonos (Connecting) gathering in Cochabamba, Bolivia held on December 12-14, brought together emerging leaders interested in exploring ways how the use of citizen media and the building of networks can play a role in affecting social change in their local communities. This is a short summary of Day 1.

For a Bolivian Digital Space with Greater Participation

  9 December 2011

Rising Voices is organizing a three-gathering in Cochabamba, Bolivia on December 12-14, 2011. The focus of the gathering “Conectándonos” (Connecting) is to provide support and training to 35 participants from underrepresented communities and those working closely with these groups to examine how they can play a role in ensuring that the Bolivian digital space is more inclusive with greater participation by all.