International Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG) Pre-Conference Institute – The Revolution in Mobile Media: Power (and Peril) to the People

Mobile media, for the purposes of this institute, refers to the devices and processes that allow individuals to collect, curate, distribute and consume information through mobile devices. Mobile devices include smartphones, feature phones and tablet devices that provide users access to the Internet. Developments in mobile media are having a transformative impact on human rights as they can lower the barriers for human rights advocates – or any user – to document abuses and tell their stories to broader audiences, often in near real-time.

 

This institute will take a step back, engaging funders in looking critically at the use of mobile communication devices in advancing human rights. While playing a profound role in human rights, mobile media also presents complex privacy and security risks for users. 

 

This institute will examine the tension between technology's promise and peril in the world of human rights. A second thread of the institute will explore the role of mobile media in helping to effectively communicate human rights stories.

 

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IHRFG events are open to grantmakers and invited speakers only. Current IHRFG members and individuals who are eligible for membership may attend the semi-annual conferences.

 

IHRFG membership is open to staff, consultants and trustees of private foundations, corporate foundations, community giving programs, quasi-governmental giving programs, faith-based giving programs, philanthropic advocacy and support organizations, individual philanthropists with significant giving programs, and public charities (public foundations and community foundations) whose primary activity is grantmaking and who do not relate to other IHRFG members primarily as grant-seekers.

 

Staff of grantmaking institutions (that are also grant-seeking organizations) whose functions are solely or primarily fundraising are not eligible for participation. Fundraising and solicitation of funding/meetings is absolutely prohibited at IHRFG meetings.

 

Philanthropic consultants are eligible to attend only when sponsored by a grantmaking institution, which must allow you to represent that active foundation/grantmaker affiliation.

 

The cost to attend the Institute is US $150. The maximum number of participants is 30.

 

Registration is now open. You can register online here.

 

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