(Dear Colleagues: This looks like a really interesting
pilot project;
perhaps nonprofit organizations should consider adapting it
to their
missions. Best regards from Deborah)
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From: Katy Pearce <kpearce umich.edu>
Date: Dec 22, 2005 3:33 PM
Subject: [DDN] Looking for Blogging Mentors
To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group
<digitaldividemilhouse.edc.org>
ATTENTION BLOGGERS:
Interested in developing the worldwide blogosphere? Like
working with
young people?
We are looking for bloggers from around the world to be a
blogging
mentor for 1 week sometime in February, March, April or May
2006.
The project, Young Caucasus Women, is a group blog for young
women
from the Caucasus region (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia).
The young
women will be given a topic to blog on each week, although
they are
welcome to blog on any topic throughout the week.
We need bloggers to blog on a specific topic on Sunday,
hence
inspiring the young women's blog entries. The topic and week
need to
be determined at least month in advance.
Then throughout the week, the adult mentor blogger would
need to
comment on the young women's blog postings.
THAT'S IT - simple, yet a project with a lot of impact.
You don't need any background in the region. Just be
culturally
sensitive, have a topic that would be of interest to
international
young women and have a blog. We'd love to have English
language
bloggers from around the world.
Interested or know someone who is? Contact katy (at)
katypearce (dot)
org for more information.
Background:
There are almost NO blogs written by national individuals
living
IN-COUNTRY in the Caucasus. Generally blogs are written by
ex-pats or
diasporas. The students participating in this project are
high school
aged foreign exchange students currently in the US. The hope
is that
they will continue blogging once they return home in the
summer of
2006.
The immediate aims of the project are:
To highlight the similarities and learn about the
differences between
young women in these neighboring countries.
To promote citizen journalism in developing countries as an
alternative to mainstream media.
To promote weblogs as a method of democratic expression.
To expose young women to journalism and technology.
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