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Digital response is an emerging space where we have a chance to apply our social justice brains and hearts in such a way that it bridges gaps in socioeconomic and technology.

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For a long time, it wasn't possible to include everyone's voice in planning or decision making without generally questionable amounts of time. There was no way to listen, at scale. Aggregation and centralization made some small sense, especially in times of urgency, even with the troubles these tend to cause. But now we have new technologies. We have the ability to listen, in high resolution and in high fidelity. But technology isn't a silver bullet -- we also need the political will, and the personal values to make that happen. And we have an awful lot of momentum related to history to make it easier to not make those shifts. With Aspiration's new digital humanitarian response program, we get to support some of the rad people willing and able to make these changes.

This wiki is a place to hold notes from events, details about projects spawned out of the events, etc.

Join the Conversation

• Register to be invited to future checkin calls : form
• Via email : mailing list

Check In Calls

There is a template for how to conduct a digital responder checkin call on the checkin call category page.

• 2015 Nov 27 : updates on Humanitarian Services Data Standards Project, Resilience CoLab, Witness Engines/Crisis Archiving, Secure Web Intrgration Framework, JIFX, Sahana Eden supply and volunteer management database, and RHoK
• 2015 Sept 23 : updates on the handbook, ResilienceCoLab, and 2W doc. Also talked about RefugeesWelcome, JIFX, the Earthquake Coordinated Data Scramble, and communication methods (the drafted Code of Conduct for open comms channels, how the call-in platform was working, and how to select other comms platforms).
• 2015 Aug 06 : the band is back together! A firehose of a call, many folk gave a quick overview of themselves and their organizations. We also did quick indicators of projects we're working on and how we could use help.

Events

• 2015 May MIT

Projects

• Frontline communities holding responders accountable : response organizations and individuals are vital components in many extreme events -- but who holds them accountable? Are there mechanisms by which those most affected by the extreme event might do so?
• Bookmarklet to log projects : a plethora of do-good projects exist across many organizations, spaces, and events. How can we log them in a decentralized way?

Groups and Projects Aspiration Works With

• Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre : on games about citizen reporting, on crowd integration.
• Dialling Up Resilience : on accountability mechanisms and local indicators of resilence.
• Hirondelle : on visually reprenting their communications network.

Words on the Subject

Recommended Reading

• A Paradise Built in Hell
• Black Flags and Windmills