From June 3rd-6th of 2015 WITNESS’ Program Manager for Asia and the Pacific, Arul Prakkash, participated in Camp Chindwin to train video activists in Myanmar.
“WITNESS Around the World” is where you can get the latest on events and trainings and learn more about how you can get involved.
Yvonne, our Senior Archivist, was recently featured as “Someone You Should Know” in the Society of American Archivists May/June issue of Archival Outlook.
The project Voices of Women, Stories that Transform is an audiovisual lab that will strengthen the communications efforts of Mexican women. The workshop kicks off May 22.
Team WITNESS brought their A-game to the 2015 TD Five Boro Bike Tour. Led by our Executive Director Yvette Alberdingk Thijm, the team blazed through New York City– proudly supporting human rights defenders around the world.
A big welcome to Nicole Wong, Jim Salzano, Harvey Anderson and Lekha Singh.
Brazilian partners, Papo Reto, nominated for an Internet award, The Bobs, for documentation of systemic police violence. Please vote for them in the Best of Online Activism: People’s Choice!
With growing interest in how video-enabled mobile phones can be better used to expose human rights abuses, WITNESS has been receiving an increasing number of media inquires.
WITNESS staff has been on the move the last several weeks, traveling around the world to conduct trainings and participating in international human rights events.
WITNESS is headed to Texas! April 1-2, engagement coordinator Jackie Zammuto will be conducting a workshop and participating in a panel at the University of Texas at Austin.
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