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Anthea Watson Strong: Political Innovation vs. Civic Innovation - Let's Not Hate on the Campaigns

antheaws:

On Friday, Google, the Knight Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies brought together a small group of practitioners, funders and academics to talk and think about the technological lessons from the 2012 cycle and how they can be applied to civic engagement as a whole. I am so grateful to…

And let’s not discount the power of an inspiring candidate/campaign to bring talented technologists into the civic space and redirect their careers to that end. Campaigns can be an awesome gateway drug!

Honored to have been a part of the conversation at Google last week - let’s not wait another 4 years to continue it.

election: TUMBLING THE INAUGURATION To top off this election season, Tumblr has dispatched journalist Ari Melber to file a series of interviews, pictures, and stories from people celebrating the 57th Presidential Inauguration. Click below to read the first of the series, in which the leading expert on Presidential Inauguration history explains the significance of having both Beyonce and James Taylor perform, why Obama’s first inaugural address was disappointing, and other traditions to look out for on Monday. In addition to following our coverage here, you can get in on the action from afar by submitting to NPR’s “Dear Mr. President” (your message to Obama could be featured on the air!) and taking your very own photo with POTUS on GoldRun’s special Inauguration Tumblr.  And, if you happen to be participating in the festivities on the ground in DC, please submit your photos/commentary here and be part of Tumblr’s community coverage! Read More Join me in living vicariously through Ari Melber and other lucky Tumblrers in DC this weekend. Stay warm, guys!

election:

TUMBLING THE INAUGURATION

To top off this election season, Tumblr has dispatched journalist Ari Melber to file a series of interviews, pictures, and stories from people celebrating the 57th Presidential Inauguration. Click below to read the first of the series, in which the leading expert on Presidential Inauguration history explains the significance of having both Beyonce and James Taylor perform, why Obama’s first inaugural address was disappointing, and other traditions to look out for on Monday.

In addition to following our coverage here, you can get in on the action from afar by submitting to NPR’s “Dear Mr. President” (your message to Obama could be featured on the air!) and taking your very own photo with POTUS on GoldRun’s special Inauguration Tumblr. 

And, if you happen to be participating in the festivities on the ground in DC, please submit your photos/commentary here and be part of Tumblr’s community coverage!

Read More

Join me in living vicariously through Ari Melber and other lucky Tumblrers in DC this weekend. Stay warm, guys!

freedomtomarry: Neil Patrick Harris wants his marriage - and all same-sex couples’ marriages - to really matter. Stand with NPH, Freedom to Marry, and the state-level marriage ballot campaigns in Maryland, Minnesota, Maine, and Washington by reblogging this simple message and voting for fairness for all families in November.  REBLOG NOW #fuckyeahnph

freedomtomarry:

Neil Patrick Harris wants his marriage - and all same-sex couples’ marriages - to really matter. Stand with NPH, Freedom to Marry, and the state-level marriage ballot campaigns in Maryland, Minnesota, Maine, and Washington by reblogging this simple message and voting for fairness for all families in November. 

REBLOG NOW #fuckyeahnph

Congrats to this year’s Personal Democracy Forum Tumblr Fellows

At this year’s PDF, Tumblr is providing conference scholarships to ten innovators at the intersection of tech and politics:

Faye Anderson, Cost of Freedom Project (follow Anderson@Large on Tumblr!)

Lou Aronson, Votifi (follow Votifi on Tumblr!)

Alex Budak, Start Some Good (follow StartSomeGood on Tumblr!)

Petra Farinha, Purpose (follow prntscreen on Tumblr!)

Nick Gaines, GovHub

Amisha Ghadiali, Think. Act. Vote.

Eyal Halamish, OurSay (follow OurSay on Tumblr!)

Marly Pierre-Louis, Brooklyn Movement Center

Jed Sundwall, Measured Voice (follow Jed on Tumblr!)

Paul Ten Haken, Click Rain Elect

You all inspire us, and we can’t wait to met you on Monday!