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30
PdF09 Live-blog: Final Plenary: Can We.gov? How?
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This session runs from 5:15-6:15pm and features A Conversation With Rep. Steve Israel, Jack Dorsey, Clay Shirky, Ellen Miller, and Joe Trippi.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:15 pm June 30th, 2009 in Blogging, Politics, Tech, democracy, live-blog | Please comment
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30
PdF09 Live-blog: PoliTech Demos
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This session runs from 5:00-5:15pm and will feature Andrew Hoppin of NYSenate.gov, David Moore of OpenCongress, Benjamin Stein of MobileCommons and Tristan Harris of Apture.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:00 pm June 30th, 2009 in Blogging, Politics, Tech, democracy, live-blog | 1 Comment
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30
PdF09 Live-blog: State/Local Online Politicking: How Community Hubs Can Change the Scene
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This session, which is also one of six break-out sessions, runs from 3:45-5pm and features Blake Rutherford, Jason Barnett, Steven Clift, Cyrus Krohn (moderator).
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:45 pm June 30th, 2009 in Blogging, Politics, Tech, democracy, live-blog | Please comment
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30
PdF09 Live-blog: How the Internet Ecosystem Can Improve Journalism
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This session runs from 2-3:15pm and is one of six break-out sessions that will be going on simultaneously. As much as I can be in many places at once, I can only live-blog one session at a time.
The session features Frank Rich, Karen Tumulty, Dan Gillmor, Scott Simon, Clay Shirky, Andrew Rasiej (moderator).
By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:00 pm June 30th, 2009 in Blogging, Politics, Tech, democracy, live-blog | 1 Comment
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30
PdF09 Live-blog: Accountability Journalism Online: Jay Rosen Interviews Dan Froomkin
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This session will run from 12:45pm-2pm.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:55 am June 30th, 2009 in Blogging, Politics, Tech, democracy, live-blog | Please comment
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30
PdF09 Live-blog: The Dangerous Power of Sharing (Power)
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This session will run from 12:10pm-12:40pm and will feature Mark Pesce.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:15 am June 30th, 2009 in Blogging, Politics, Tech, democracy, live-blog | 1 Comment
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30
PdF09 Live-blog: The Machine is (Changing) Us: YouTube Culture and the Politics of Authenticity
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This session runs from 11:35am-12:10pm and features Michael Wesch.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:40 am June 30th, 2009 in Blogging, Politics, Tech, democracy, live-blog | 1 Comment
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30
PdF09 Live-blog: 21st Century Statecraft: Fostering Citizen-Centered Diplomacy and Development
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This session runs from 11:05am through 11:35am and features Alec Ross.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:09 am June 30th, 2009 in Blogging, Politics, Tech, democracy, live-blog | 1 Comment
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30
PdF09 Live-blog: Social Networks and Social Revolutions
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This session runs from 10:50am-11:05am and features Randi Zuckerberg.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:50 am June 30th, 2009 in Blogging, Politics, Tech, democracy, live-blog | 1 Comment
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30
PdF09 Live-blog: Chairman Steele said, “Take the lid off”: The New GOP Web Presence
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This session will run from 10:00-10:20am and features Todd E. Herman, Director of New Media for the RNC.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:00 am June 30th, 2009 in Blogging, Government, Politics, Tech, democracy, live-blog | Please comment
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30
PdF09 Live-blog: Innovation in Government, Obama-Style
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This session runs from 8:45am-10am and will be a conversations with Beth Noveck and Vivek Kundra, and Macon Phillips, introduced by Craig Newmark.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:40 am June 30th, 2009 in Blogging, Democrats, Government, Tech, live-blog | 1 Comment
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29
[updated w/links] Live-blog Alert: Personal Democracy Forum 2009, Day 2 (6/30)
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[updated w/links to all the live-blogs which incorporate Twitter.com tweets made by participants/observers during the sessions; if you click on the italicized title of each session, you will be directed to the live-blog for that session]
I live-blogged the following presentations from Personal Democracy Forum 2009, Day 2. I used a program called CoverItLive and embedded it in posts on this blog. When the sessions started, I typed as it happened. It’s a great way to be there without being there.
If you have any questions, let me know via comments here or e-mail.
Innovation in Government, Obama-Style: Beth Noveck and Vivek Kundra, and Macon Phillips, introduced by Craig Newmark
Chairman Steele said, “Take the lid off”: The New GOP Web Presence: Todd Herman
Social Networks and Social Revolutions: Randi Zuckerberg
21st Century Statecraft: Fostering Citizen-Centered Diplomacy and Development: Alec Ross
The Machine is (Changing) Us: YouTube Culture and the Politics of Authenticity: Michael Wesch
The Dangerous Power of Sharing (Power): Mark Pesce
Accountability Journalism Online: Jay Rosen Interviews Dan Froomkin
How the Internet Ecosystem Can Improve Journalism: Frank Rich, Karen Tumulty, Dan Gillmor, Scott Simon, Andrew Rasiej (moderator)
State/Local Online Politicking: How Community Hubs Can Change the Scene: Blake Rutherford, Jason Barnett, Steven Clift, Cyrus Krohn (moderator)
PoliTech Demos: Andrew Hoppin of NYSenate.gov, David Moore of OpenCongress, Benjamin Stein of MobileCommons and Tristan Harris of Apture
Final Plenary: Can We.gov? How?: A Conversation With Rep. Steve Israel, Jack Dorsey, Ellen Miller, Andrew Rasiej and Joe Trippi
By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:14 pm June 29th, 2009 in Blogging, Campaigning, Government, Media, Politics, Tech, Voting, Writing, activism, democracy, live-blog, social media | 1 Comment
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25
And on the fifth day, she blogged
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Wow. A lot of news through the Internets since I last blogged here. I have been tweeting and writing (a post here at BlogHer about the road to election day, and a deadline to meet for my August 2009 Mommy Matters column).
I’ve been following the situations in Iran (tragic but what they must do if change is what they want) and South Carolina (Sanford should resign as governor because he’s undermined and betrayed the voters’ trust but a quick disclaimer: Jenny Sanford was a classmate in college whom I did not know well but saw recently at our reunion – she’s a tough cookie, you’d need to be, but if the reconciliation process is to be real, her husband needs to step down, like Eliot Spitzer did), as well as Jimmy Dimora (needs to be outta here, there and every where), the county reform effort (reform is needed, very uncertain about current proposal), the re-emergence of gambling as a revenue source with the governor’s approval (boo hiss boo hiss as most regular WLST readers can imagine) and the proposed budget cutting decision that would destroy the country’s absolute best public library system in a state that so desperately needs one of the best ever resources provided for with our tax money.
And I haven’t even mentioned Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett or Michael Jackson.
So, if you really want to catch up, check in with the Carnival of Ohio Politics #171. The Boring Made Dull made it far more exciting that WLST has been this week – many thanks for doing the editing honors.
Best news of the week? The SCOTUS decision that ruled that the strip search of a 13 year old girl by her public school principal for two Ibuprofen that never materialized nor were ingested. Unbelievable that they thought it was reasonable in the first place.
And how about Shaq? And Bernie Kosar? And trying to get RNC Womens Summit conference goers to use Twitter hashtags unique to their event and not just #rnc or #gop or #tcot. At least two very savvy Ohio women involved in the GOP attended and I confess to having a weak spot for both of them because they seem to work incredibly hard for something to which they seem incredibly loyal. That deserves kudos.
The Summit began an initiative being called the “Interactive Womens Network” and that’s the main reason I was a bit persnickety about moving along the use of the hashtag – interactive, tweeting and all kinda needs that hashtag action to get the most out of it, from an interactive standpoint. I must say, they were extremely receptive and I got a nice smile watching the tweet-history of the event unfold.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:05 pm June 25th, 2009 in BlogHer, Blogging, Cleveland+, Democrats, Ethics, Gambling, Gender, Government, Music, Ohio, Politics, RIP, Republicans, Scandal, Sexism, Social Issues, Statehouse, Ted Strickland, Women, Youth, activism, conservatives, leadership, social media | Please comment
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20
Orthodox Jewish H.S. students ask for, study Arabic
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I love these stories that totally debunk the propoganda about the path of hate we’re supposedly on. Once you see the peace, humanitarian and civic efforts taking place in Israel that work to build bridges between the Arab and Jewish populations, it’s impossible to imagine that the desire for more isn’t there.
This New York Times article highlights what that kind of generational craving looks like in the U.S. An excerpt:
None of the students said their parents opposed the decision [to study Arabic in school]. Some parents liked the idea of bridge-building and the intellectual challenge of an uncommon language. Others emphasized the practical advantages in a world of increasingly global commerce and in a country with a growing Arabic population.
That is not to say that the course is shifting students’ political views. “I never thought all Muslims or Arabs do terrorist acts,” said Tuvia Lerea, an 11th grader. “But this class has solidified my idea. A tremendous majority of the Arab population live their daily lives and do their own things just like in our society.”
Another thing I really like about articles like this is the absence of the word “Muslim.” This is an article that talks about Arabic, and though it’s not emphasized much, it mentions how one of the teacher’s grandparents were Syrian Jews. There are many Persian Jews who grew up with Arabic Farsi.
I also thought of the NPR Jerusalem Bureau reporter, Linda Gradstein. We started in the same year at Georgetown but she went on to get a masters in Arabic and has been in the NPR bureau since 1990. And for those who know about my choice of Georgetown over other schools and my time there, you will really appreciate Gradstein’s experience too as described in the link above:
Born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, Linda came from a secular Jewish family but was always drawn to faith. Curiously enough, it was her freshman year at Georgetown, a university run by Jesuits, that set her on the path to Orthodox Judaism. She met a small group of religious Jews at a Simchat Torah service there that fall. By the end of the year, she was on her way to becoming a ba’al t’shuva—a born-again religious Jew.
Okay – so it was a small group of Catholics on a trip to do volunteer work in Appalachia that got me a tiny bit more interested in my faith. But you know, the power of the Jesuits – kinda freaky. A very different kind of evangelism.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:44 am June 20th, 2009 in Education, Foreign Affairs, Israel, Jewish, Youth, peace | 3 Comments
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19
Update on White House Council on Women and Girls
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June 17, 2009 · Tina Tchen, a veteran Chicago lawyer, recently debuted in the public sector as the Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement. She is also the executive director of the White House Council on Women and Girls. Tchen talks about the function of her new role and how President Obama is using new tools to engage the public.
You can listen here. H/t The New Agenda.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 6:24 am June 19th, 2009 in Barack Obama, Gender, Women | Please comment
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17
DOUBLE ISSUE! Carnival of Ohio Politics #169 & #170 now posted
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Many thanks to all the partcipants in this double issue of the Carnival of Ohio Politics for their patience and contributions. I’m not quite sure if flower power is going to rule the Ohio blogosphere, but the carnival’s range of topics is a good place to start.
Have a great run-up to July 4 – if you can believe that it’s less than two weeks away!
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:16 pm June 17th, 2009 in Blogging, Carnivals, Ohio, Politics, Writing | Please comment
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16
Shirin Ebadi, role of women in Iran’s current situation
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi tells NPR today that human rights lawyers and activists are being arrested. Ebadi won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize. Other POVs from inside Iran:
Davar Iran Ardalan is supervising senior producer of Weekend Edition. Earlier today, she posted about an interview she did with a professor in Tehran and messages from a mother in Tehran. Yesterday, she posted about e-mails she had received from a contact in Tehran and a conversation she had with Iranian human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani.
Much has been made of the 70% of the Iranian population that is 30 and under, a result of lax to non-existent family planning support by the government after the last revolution (1979). But likewise, much should be made of the increasing expression by the women in Iran. Although none of the 42 women who sought to be certified to run for Iran’s president received approval, in another four years, who might be Iran’s Hillary Clinton or Sarah Palin?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:29 pm June 16th, 2009 in Gender, Government, Politics, Voting, Women, activism, democracy, leadership | Please comment
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15
Male feminist speaks out, apologizes, takes action re: misogynistic conference presentation
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What they said, and what she said about it. More follow up here.
If this is all news to you, you can start with the Minneapolis City Page’s article, Minneapolis Flash Conference Gets Pornographic.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 3:52 pm June 15th, 2009 in Gender, Sexism, Tech, Women | 5 Comments
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13
Gallup: Women more likely to be Democrats, regardless of age
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A new Gallup analysis of almost 150,000 interviews conducted from January through May of this year sheds new light on the substantial gender gap that exists in American politics today. Not only are women significantly more likely than men to identify as Democrats, and less likely to identify as independents, but — with only slight variation — this gap is evident across all ages, from 18 to 85, and within all major racial, ethnic, and marital-status segments of society.
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Overall, the data confirm that men currently have a much more even distribution of party identification than do women. The range across the three partisan groups for men is just 6 points, from a low of 28% identifying as Republicans to a high of 34% identifying as independents. On the other hand, the range for women is a much larger 16 points, from 25% Republican to 41% Democratic.
Implications, according to Gallup:
The fact that the gender gap persists not only across age groups, but within major racial, ethnic, and marital-status groups reinforces the conclusion that a gender difference in political orientation is a fundamental part of today’s American political and social scene.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:45 am June 13th, 2009 in Democrats, Gender, Politics, Republicans, Research, Voting, marriage | 3 Comments
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