A crowd of non-profit folks at an NPC regular friday gathering For the past few days, I’ve been compiling information and consulting others to find out where all of the main pockets of non-profit groups and networks can be found in Second Life. Follow the teleport links to see the amazing diversity of social benefit…
Category: Politics
Teaching teens about Darfur in Second Life
Last night I helped out my colleague Shawna with the "Deconstructing Darfur" workshops that she has been facilitating this month in Teen Second Life. The goal of the workshops series is to help a small group of young people to learn about Sudan, the conflict and resultant humanitarian crisis there, what the international response has…
YouTube issues me a “non-takedown” notice for violating copyright for machinima video?
I just got a notice of violation of copyright from YouTube for one of my machinima videos, which you can see above. Instead of the usual takedown notice though, here’s what they sent me: UMG has claimed some or all audio content in your video Elfay Pinkdot’s Jazz Party in Second Life. This claim was…
Compare McCain, Clinton and Obama on global issues at “08 or Bust!” website
Just a reminder that my friends at Citizens for Global Solutions have created a cool website called "08 or Bust" that tracks the positions of each of the major candidates for the US presidency on a range of international issues. The heart of the website is an interactive comparison chart that allows you to pull…
Leveraging virtual worlds for civic action
One of the main reasons we created the International Justice Center in Second Life was to explore the challenge posed by MacArthur President Jonathan Fanton last year, who asked, "Might not there be a group in Second Life that could come together to educate itself about the ICC and organize a campaign to persuade public…
“The Trade Show”: international justice and art as political expression
Last night I serendipitously encountered this performance art piece in the Arts District of Chicago called “The Tradeshow.” A moving and critical artistic commentary on the garment industry, it provided unexpected closure to the international justice conference I had been at for the past two days at DePaul University.
“Justice for Darfur” campaign focuses on arresting 2 Sudanese indicted by ICC
Today the "Justice for Darfur" campaign launched with a bold call for the international community to arrest two Sudanese leaders accused of masterminding the devastation of Darfur. The coalition is composed of 29 human rights groups from around the world, including some of the most prominent international organizations such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International…
Headed to Chicago for ICC conference, streaming into Second Life
Tomorrow I’m doing a quick trip to Chicago for the Midwest Regional Conference on the International Criminal Court at DePaul University. Lots of amazing experts in international justice will there including: Judge Philippe Kirsch, president of the ICC Luis Moreno-Ocampo, prosecutor of the ICC Betty Bigombe, Former Minister of State and Chief Mediator in the…
Daily Show skewers Congress and Second Life over virtual world hearing
Congrats to my friend Glitteractica Cookie / Susan Tenby of Techsoup.org for being called out on the "Daily Show with John Stewart" yesterday! I can’t believe that John actually said, "Damn you, Tenby! Damn you!" I’m dying of jealousy. That said, the bit was just sort of "meh." Is "get a first life," "Avatar Heroes,"…
The Global Kids’ Annual Conference: drum circles, spoken word, dance and politics
Click to Play So every year, Global Kid’s brings together 500-600 young people from all around the New York area to its Annual Conference. Perhaps it’s more correct to say that every year, teenagers from Global Kids programs invite us to their conference. Because the kids really run the whole show: from deciding on the…