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GIIP-PTP TechCamp: Information Technology Essentials for Community Organizers
GIIP and PTP (http://progressivetech.org) have designed a brand new training program for new and old organizers who are interested in building their technology skills. TechCamp training is designed to build the basic skills of community organizers in the key technology competencies for community organizing. If you're working in community organizing, you'll want to find yourself in beautiful Santa Cruz on August 1st.
Agricultural projects win CITRIS White paper competition
Two agricultural proposals—one on supporting urban agriculture in Mexico City and the other on alleviating water scarcity in California farming—are co-winners of the first annual CITRIS White Paper competition and will receive $7500 each. CITRIS, the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society, hosted the competition, which was organized by Tom Kalil, Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Science and Technology at UC Berkeley, in order to tap into the extraordinary energy and creativity of UC students to help translate basic research into projects that have a direct positive impact on society.
GIIP-Compton RFP for ICT-based Social Inclusion Projects
download RFPThe GIIP Fellows have issued a request for proposals for projects that use information and communication technologies (ICTs) to increase social inclusion of marginalized communities and support civil society
Sociology major wins grant to fund U.S. speaking tour of Chiapas artisans
For sociology major Kara Deyhle, economic empowerment isn't just a catch phrase. Watching Mayan women in Chiapas, Mexico, organize to save their families and their culture brought textbook lessons to life and inspired Deyhle to join their work.
Deyhle (pronounced "dial") recently won a $10,000 scholarship to bring two women from Chiapas to the United States for a speaking tour that will give them access to U.S. markets for their artistic textiles.
Stories of Support: Mark Headley
Mark Headley didn't know it at the time, but his education at UC Santa Cruz was the perfect preparation for his career today. As president and portfolio manager of Matthews International Capital Management LLC, Headley (Stevenson '83) oversees portfolios across the Asian market that range from diversified to regional, to country and sector specific. "I had no idea there was a job called portfolio manager out there," said Headley, who majored in economics and politics, "but the work I was doing at UC Santa Cruz, comparing the economic development of countries, is exactly what I'm doing today."
