Man, I throw together a couple minutes of Second Life machinima of the NetRoots in-world peace protest on Monday and suddenly I’ve got 50,000 views on Google. All my past video efforts, including footage of Presidential hopeful Gov. Mark Warner appearing in-world, have garnered views in the high hundreds at most. I guess its all…
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Griefing is sexier than peaceful protest
I just got word that BBC Radio did an interview with SL NetRoots organizer Ruby Glitter about the in-world peace demonstration that occurred on Monday. Or at least, that’s what the interview SHOULD have been about. Instead the interviewer kept shifting the focus to the in-world griefing of the Front National headquarters. Ruby handled herself…
Video of “Avatars against the War” Peace Demo in Second Life
I did a rush job pulling together some video of the "Avatars Against the War" peace demonstration that took place on Monday at the Capitol Hill sim. Thanks to In Kenzo for sharing her footage of the event, which was much clearer than most of mine. And of course to the NetRoots folks who made…
MTVu giving out $5,000 for best game idea to fight HIV/AIDS
MTVu (MTV has a university?) announces that they are holding a contest to come up with an online video game to teach young people about HIV/AIDS. Called the "Change the Course of HIV Challenge," the competition is for the best idea for an online viral video game. So you don’t have to be a game…
SL protest against war in Iraq TODAY at 2PM!
Today at 2pm PST is the culmination of a weekend of peace activities, organized by the nice folks at SL Netroots. Take a few minutes out of your day and come out at 2pm if you oppose the war in Iraq, or just want to stand up for peace in general. We’ll be convening at…
Reminder: Virtual peace protest on Monday at SL Capitol Hill!
Just got back from errcheck Hick’s excellent sign and shirt making workshop, in preparation for Monday’s peace demonstration going on at SL Capitol Hill at 2PM PST. I got my love beads, birkenstocks, peace symbol medallion and protest sign all ready. The weekend of peace activities are being organized by the SL Netroots group, led…
Global Kids and UNICEF team up for virtual children’s festival (video)
Barry and Rafi over at Global Kids sent out news that UNICEF just featured a cool little video on their joint project "A World Fit for Children" festival. It’s a nice demonstration of the potential of virtual environments to bring people from all over the world together, in ways that would not be possible on…
Avatars Against the War! Actions for peace in the Metaverse Jan 27-29
Ruby Glitter and her crew at RootscampSL are organizing three days of action against the war in Iraq, to coincide with the national March for Peace in Washington DC on Saturday. The action will include: Sat Jan 27, noon: a T-shirt and protest sign design workshop (teleport SLURL) Sun Jan 28, 1pm: A lecture on…
Four days in Memphis: Where is the Media Reform Movement now?
"I’m anxious for us to broaden the base of this coalition. This is the people’s coalition. We want our coalition to look like the people." — Rev. Jesse Jackson at the National Conference on Media Reform Returning home after four days at the National Conference on Media Reform in Memphis, I have to wonder what…
Toolkits & Online Resources for Media Activism: Show & Tell
I’m speaking this morning at a side-event on "Toolkits & Online Resources for Media Activism: Show & Tell" featuring : Hye Jung Park, Funding Exchange Drew Clark, Center for Public Integrity Anthony Mazza, Prometheus Radio Project Elisha Miranda and Sophia Quintero, Chica Luna Productions Jeff Smith, Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy TBA, Youth Media…