RISING VOICES CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR CITIZEN MEDIA OUTREACH

Description:                                                                                               Max. Grant Amount: $4.000

A major part of Rising Voices' mission to support and nurture underrepresented communities so that they can begin to take full advantage of participatory digital media tools has been our microgrants for citizen media outreach projects. Since 2007, these small grants provide an opportunity for individuals, grassroots groups, networks, and other organizations without significant access to larger funding to be able to pass along knowledge by teaching others in their community in the use of these tools, as well as to provide ongoing support.

Size of grants

Rising Voices is pleased to announce the 2012 open call for microgrant proposals, and we are currently accepting project proposals for funding up to $4,000 USD for global projects.

Eligibility:

This funding opportunity is open to private individuals, groups, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). We encourage partnerships between individuals and organizations.

What Kind of Projects May be Funded

Rising Voices seeks project proposals that share our mission of bringing voices from new communities, as well as underrepresented
language groups to the online global conversation through the use of participatory citizen media. The project's primary activities should be
to provide citizen media training workshops to the target community, as well vital ongoing support and mentoring.

Examples of potential projects may include:

   -Organizing a citizen media “boot camp” with experienced local bloggers to train and mentor participants from underrepresented
    communities that will result in a local network of support.
   -Working with an indigenous community to teach and encourage new generations to begin to use Twitter to connect with others as a way to
    preserve and promote their native language online.
   -Partnering with a local library with a computer to lab to invite community members to discuss local problems and solutions, and train
    them how to create a group blog to take these conversations to the wider community.
   -Organizing a series of digital photography group walks where residents can document life in their community together and create an
    online Flickr photography exhibit.
   -Teaching local residents to record and edit audio recordings on Audacity for a community podcast that can be uploaded online, as well as
    distributed to local radio stations for a wider reach.

Deadline: 3 February 2012

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