CatComm receives Tech Award!!!

Catalytic Communities receives Tech Award

I am so jazzed!

Many thanks to:

•  Omidyar folks for submitting Catalytic Communities for this award.
• Greg Murray for his outstanding letter of recommendation.
• All at Catalytic Communities for their efforts over the last 6 years.
• Tech Awards folks for recognizing the value CatComm provides.

A press release snippet explains:

Catalytic Communities, a leading non-profit focused on bridging the digital divide and supporting community leaders solving local challenges from around the world, has been selected by The Tech Museum Awards as a 2006 Tech Laureate in the Equality category sponsored by the Swanson Foundation.  Catalytic Communities was chosen among 951 applicants from 58 different countries as a leading technology innovator whose contributions have greatly benefited humanity in the area of equality.  The organization, along with 24 other Tech Laureates, will be honored at The Tech Museum Awards on November 15th at The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose.

I have been honored to work with Catalytic Communities as a volunteer since I met the founder Theresa Williamson at the Omidyar.net member gathering in Chicago in July of 2005.I currently serve on their development advisory board. I am very charged up about Catalytic Communities for several reasons—

1. CatComm assumes people and groups can create innovative and effective solutions to their own issues. And the empowerment of peer-to-peer sharing (rather than the disempowerment of big orgs imposing solutions). Local solutions shared globally.
2. CatComm uses technology and help bridge the digital divide through trainings and accessible tools.
3. CatComm creates networks of flowing resources.

Of course as a member of the development advisory board, I have to use this opportunity to encourage you to support CatComm. We raise our entire budget through online donation challenges at Pledgebank. To lend your hand, join the pledge at http://catcomm.pledgebank.com.

Comments

[Haney Armstrong]

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