Hello everybody! ) 

I am a REAL living, breathing and successful outcome of the 3rd phase of the Fearless City Mobile Project!

I am a young, minority, marginalized woman from this area who has learned to use mobile cellphones to successfully change my life and help empower the lives of others in my area. 

I live and work in what's known as the Poorest Postal Code of Canada. Please read the following wikipedia on my neighborhood....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Eastside

In a very brief summary:

Two of the 21 Net Tuesdays are meeting this week on Tuesday, August 26:

Net Tuesday Vancouver, BC
Topic: How Drupal Can Help You Save the World!

Net Tuesday Portland, OR
Topic: An Analysis of Online Messaging, Fundraising and Advocacy Metrics for Nonprofit Organizations

Vancouver had its first Net Tuesday in February and its second in March. Its third and latest event happened this past Tuesday and was a great success! Presenters included Jason Mogus of Communicopia.com, Scott Nelson of FearlessCity, and Keith Grennan of Sprout. Our host for the evening was Sarah Pullman.

As community manager for happyfrog.ca, i often rally up a crews of  bloggers, photographers and podcasters to create social media of green minded businesses, sustainability focused organizations and other stories which the mainstream media don't pick up.

Recently at the EPIC Sustainable Living Expo in Vancouver, we pulled off the biggest social media bonanza i know of with over 50 posts including audio, video, and narrative, plus a Flickr pool of hundreds of candid shots from the trade show floor.

Net Tuesdays are springing up all over the place! The newest Net Tuesday will have its first meeting on February 5th at WorkSpace. Joe Solomon, who recently wrote about 5 Ways Free Online Petitions Can Be Improved on the NetSquared Blog, is the organizer.

You can RSVP and spread the word on Upcoming, Facebook or Eventful.

If you want to start a Net Tuesday in your town, email me at bbravo@techsoup.org

Photo Credit: Fall in Vancouver by Jason Vanderhill.

Freenets, community technology hubs - whatever!

Well that's been my impression, based on the sole experience of my local freenet the Vancouver Community Network, VCN.  Don't get me wrong they're very ... utilitarian.

VCN Vision Statement

The Vancouver Community Network strives to be an inclusive, multicultural, community-based organization which ensures the free, accessible electronic creation and exchange of the broadest range of information, experience, ideas and wisdom.

VCN Mission Statement

The Vancouver Community Network owns, operates and promotes a free, publicly accessible, non-commercial, community computer utility in the Lower Mainland of BC which provides a public space on the Internet.