drupal and darfur

Drupal & Darfur:Building a Movement

to End Genocide

Phillip Djwa, Agentic Communications

August 26th, 2008

Agentic Communications• Agentic Communications Incorporated has the skills, tools,

experience, and service excellence to assist progressive organizations to better serve their communities, constituents, and customers online.

• Services include web development and strategic planning

Phillip Djwa• Phillip, as a career-long social

entrepreneur, has more than 15 years experience in the high-technology industry.

• Worked on a wide range of technology and web-integrated communications projects for Fortune 500, high-tech start-up, and not-for-profit organizations.

• Phillip has a BA from Simon Fraser University in Fine Arts with a concentration in electronic music, and an MFA in Electronic Arts from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

What can be done online1. Audiences (expand sphere of

influence and engage existing audience)

2. Engage them into taking specific action (mobilize)

3. You can organize (volunteers, movement)

4. Inform audience about the issue (education)

5. You can develop campaigns

Movement VS Campaign

• A movement has many campaigns i.e. the movement is to prevent genocide, but the specific campaign is Darfur• The web is good at supporting campaigns as it is an excellent tactical arena

Campaign Tools1. Content Management System2. Newsletters/Email Listservs3. E-cards4. Donations5. Advocacy Toolkits6. Petitions/Letters to the Editor/

Pledges7. Conference Support8. Membership/Customer Relationship

Mgmt/Databases9. Facebook/ Myspace/ Flickr/ Youtube10.Widgets/ Banners

Genocide in Darfur• Ongoing genocide launched by the Sudanese

government more than four years ago.• Hundreds of thousands have been killed and

more than 2.5 million have been displaced. 250,000 were displaced in 2007 alone.

• Ongoing bombing and burning villages, looting economic resources, and committing crimes against humanity, such as the murder, rape, and torture of innocent civilians.

StandNow

• Built in DRUPAL 5.9• Google Mapping• Organic Groups• Panels/View• FCK Editor• CCK

http://StandNow.org

Thank you!

Questions, please contactPhillip Djwa

phillip@agentic.caPhone 604-255-2131

Creative Commons Photo Credits:•Kris Krug

•http://flickr.com/photos/hdptcar/788600770/•http://flickr.com/photos/wickenden/

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