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OLPC/Sugar Community:<br>
Already more than 100 people signed up to join <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://CrisisCamp.org">http://CrisisCamp.org</a>
tomorrow in Boston alone (2 blocks north of the MIT campus).<br>
140 tech-democratizers showed up last week in DC, as widely broadcast
on NPR. Now over A Dozen Cities are Involved; don't change the channel
on Haiti!<i><br>
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Please Join In Person Saturday, showing your face & your skills if
your city's involved -- paving the way for Haitians to not only
survive, but thrive, Educating each other long term to escape
dependency cycles -- your help is vitally needed creating
software/content/storytelling etc eg. around community-mapping like
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://haiti.ushahidi.com">http://haiti.ushahidi.com</a>, innovative DIY capacity-building projects
like the Haiti Video Postcard Network etc, born just 1 week ago in NYC
alongside keystone Haitian Diaspora communities across major US cities
especially:</i><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/The_Open_Solace_Haiti_Project">http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/The_Open_Solace_Haiti_Project</a><br>
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<i>Likewise in Boston, Waveplave founder Tim Falconer, OLPC Community
Repair Center founding pioneer Ian Daniher & I (coordinator of
OLPC's worldwide community support volunteer team) will lead similar
efforts, with similar participation from OLPC volunteers in Miami, LA,
etc -- thanks to tremendous community-organizing occuring every day and
night this week at the MIT Media Lab:</i><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://CrisisCamp.org">http://CrisisCamp.org</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://twitter.com/c4fcm">http://twitter.com/c4fcm</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://krikkrak.media.mit.edu/IAP2010">http://krikkrak.media.mit.edu/IAP2010</a><br>
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<i>Please remind all thoughtful contributors worldwide: they too can
receive free XO Laptops if they're patiently helping dedicated Haitians
take back control of a badly shaken island and nation, sharing
long-term community/learning methods all can learn from -- approval
takes place online right here over Live Chat Fridays 2PM Eastern Time
in an open/transparent community process you are strongly encouraged to
join:</i><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blog.laptop.org">http://blog.laptop.org</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program/meetings">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program/meetings</a><br>
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Quite Separately: Please also consider applying to work on the ground
in Haiti committing to 1-full-year with OLPC's brand new more
structured OLPCorps program, where you will receive (if approved) a
stipend of $500/month:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://laptop.org/en/olpcorps/">http://laptop.org/en/olpcorps/</a><br>
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