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DigiActive News: New Team Member Simon Columbus

We are very pleased to welcome a new team member to the DigiActive project:

Simon Columbus from Siegen, Germany, started blogging in early 2007, and has been involved in several human & civil rights projects. He is part of the Free Burma Action, and is a member of the German anti-data retention movement. In the wake of the bloggers response to Burma’s saffron revolution, Simon co-founded the digital activism site Blogger for Freedom. He is also a member of the international Blog4Burma Coalition and an editor for FreeKareem. Additionally, Simon co-founded the Waldorf blog Namenstnzer and has a personal blog at simoncolumbus.de.

We look forward to his contribution and would like to invite all those interested to check out the different ways to get involved with DigiActive:

DigiActive isn’t a web site. It’s a community of people who care passionately about digital activism, who are creating a world of activists empowered by digital technology. It’s a community by and for activists. Come join us! Here’s how to get involved.

1. Sign Yourself Up

Enter your e-mail address on the DigiActive homepage in the field labeled “Join Us!” Then we will keep you up date by sending you news of the latest cool things happening at DigiActive. We give you our solemn promise that we will not send you spam or other e-mail annoyances.

2. Write for DigiActive

The primary means we have for spreading the word about digital activism is by writing about it. We are always looking for people to write about a new digital activism tool, tactic, campaign, action, guide the list goes on. And you don’t need to write in English! We are looking for writers in all languages, because DigiActive is committed to digitally empowering all the world’s activists - not just the ones that speak English. If you’d like to write for DigiActive, please email us us at Contact AT Digiactive DOT org.

3. Add Yourself to the DigiActive Map

Wouldn’t it be cool if there was a map of all DigiActive community members all around the world? Yeah, we thought so too, so we created the DigiActive Activist Map. To add yourself, send an e-mail with your name (pseudonyms acceptable for security reasons), location, and a sentence about how you are a digital activist. You can also submit a digital activism campaign. Send this information to contact AT digiactive DOT org.

4. Join us on Facebook

If you are a member of Facebook, come join the DigiActive Facebook Group. It’s the second home of the DigiActive community.

5. You tell us!

We’ve given you 5 great ways to get involved in DigiActive, but that’s just our opinion. How do you want to get involved in DigiActive? What great skill or expertise do you want to share with us? What great idea do you have for promoting digital activism? E-mail us at contact@digiactive.org and tell us how you want to get involved!