External Initiatives

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When looking at a volunteer organization, certain questions need to be asked:

  • How easy is it for an outsider to join and start contributing?
  • Is it non-profit?
  • What are their goals?
  • What is their place in the volunteer scene? In other words what is their focus?
  • What are their current activities? Are they active in providing updates about what's going on?
  • What kind of work has been completed/in-progress?
  • Do they have a Wikipedia page and coverage on any news websites?
  • Is their work limited to a certain geographic region or is it global in nature?
  • Is there a way for the best ideas to surface and become prominent?
  • Is there transparency?

Organizations

Javul.org needs to support these existing initiatives. We are interested in what has been achieved and how we can assist:

  • Progressive International - ""Progressive International is created "to mobilize people around the world to transform the global order and the institutions that shape it". -- Its not clear what their actual plan is as they currently just have a donation page and a Call to action which can be signed. It is hoped that they will advance in their goals.
  • The Venus Project - "The Venus Project proposes an alternative vision of what the future can be if we apply what we already know in order to achieve a sustainable new world civilization. It calls for a straightforward redesign of our culture in which the age-old inadequacies of war, poverty, hunger, debt and unnecessary human suffering are viewed not only as avoidable, but as totally unacceptable."
  • Global Challenges Foundation - "Swedish non-profit organization that seeks to raise awareness of global catastrophic risk and the global governance necessary to handle these risks". Also see New Shape Prize, New Shape Library
  • Open Government Partnership - "Open Government Partnership brings together government reformers and civil society leaders to create action plans that make governments more inclusive, responsive and accountable."
  • Centre for Law and Democracy - "The Centre for Law and Democracy believes in a world in which robust respect for all human rights underpins strong participatory democracy at all levels of governance – local, national, regional and international – leading to social justice and equality."
  • Centre for Social innovation - The link is listed here however please be aware that they ask for paid memberships - "The Centre for Social Innovation is a social enterprise based in Toronto, Canada, that specializes in the creation of shared workspaces for people or organizations with a social mission."
  • Represent.Us - (for USA) "We bring together conservatives, progressives, and everyone in between to pass powerful anti-corruption laws that stop political bribery, end secret money, and fix our broken elections." - Jennifer Lawrence is part of the Board. Launched in 2012
  • The Future Society - "a pioneering movement which thinks innovatively about issues of ethical design and empowering individuals to have agency over technology and their future." (for example CitX is one of their initiatives, which "aims to make cities and their stakeholders more innovative at delivering intelligent, inclusive and sustainable urban development at scale, especially in challenging contexts.")
Software
Other Links
Smaller Groups

Many of these groups have weekly on-going video/audio conference sessions discussing various topics.

  • Citizen Network
  • Trove - "Creating a value-driven ecosystem of tools designed to educate and unite the change-makers of the world, liberate us from our screens, and empower the action needed to preserve life on planet earth. Trove is one tool that is part of the Catalist platform cooperative. Trove combines crowd-sourced community directory and social bookmarking tools, to create intention-based connections, foster collaboration, and catalyze coordinated action."
  • Designing Open Democracy
Small Groups of People (periodic video conferences)

Individuals

Reddit

Contact moderators and active participants:

Quotes: "I'm a concerned global citizen who cares for the well-being of Western democracy" (source)
"I have not and will not give up on humanity" (source)
Notify

Linked posts:

Relevant Sub-Reddits

Working Online:

Others

  • Gary Christenson - Mayor of Malden ("He mostly walks to all his appointments and picks up trash every day as he goes")
  • https://taskforce.is/ - "Taskforce is a volunteer group working at the intersection of technology and politics." (Sina Khanifar) - definitely contact Sina. Email is on their website, also see this post from them

Other Places of Interest

  • https://www.democracylab.org/projects - directory of about 100 projects looking for help
  • Creativity Pool Forums - forum dedicated to discussing ideas
  • Rotary International - "stated purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian service and to advance goodwill and peace around the world."
  • Category:International volunteer organizations (Wikipedia)
  • Phandeeyar - "Phandeeyar (“creation place”) is an innovation lab that is spearheading the use of technology to accelerate change and development in Myanmar."
  • evoke.org - "Evoke is my spin on an ancient concept: It’s a place for people to come together. But I also hope it’s more than that. I hope it’s a gateway to where we want to go." - Melinda Gates
  • HeroX - "Crowdsourcing ideas platform for problem solvers" - mostly for big challenges; See projects
  • Catchafire - "makes skill-based connections between professional volunteers and other non-profits" (charges a fee to the non-profit if a match is made)
  • The Long Now Foundation - "was established in 01996* to foster long-term thinking and responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years."
  • Enspiral - "a network of groups and people, a DIY collective of social enterprises, ventures, and individuals working collaboratively across the world while fulfilling their purpose." (they created Loomio, an open source decision making tool)
  • United Nations: Public Service Innovation Hub (lists award winners; 2018 included https://consulproject.org/)
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