A few things worth noting from TechSoup. If you're not familiar with this organization and you work in a non-profit that makes any use of technology, I urge you to visit their website (linked above) and sign up for their newsletter.
If you can make it down to D.C. this Thursday, June 29, there's an interesting conference on "Blogs, Wikis, and Workspaces," that will explore ways new technologies, like the ones we've been using in the course, can help public policy organizations be more effective and efficient.
TechSoup has also started a project called NetSquared, which is intended to help nonprofits harness Web technologies for social change. One of the social justice efforts highlighted on NetSquared is about "Justice for Gwen Araujo." In case you don't know, Gwen Araujo (pictured above) was a transgendered woman who was killed when her attackers learned she was biologically male. A community activist joined with others and blogged about the trial of Araujo's attackers. You can read more about it at the link above. I think it's a great example of the way Internet technology can be used for social justice.
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