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Really excited for Dr. Patrick Ball of @hrdag's talk. His background is quantitative analysis for evaluating human rights violations, e.g., for truth commissions. @UCSF_Epibiostat #SamplingKnowledgeHub #epitwitter
This guy's incredible. Silicon valley background- made software to help people safely document human rights violations. Started in 1991, when a grad student at @UMich soc and demography. Struggled after seeing what was happening in Guatemala and El Salvador- many crimes.
Adopted as personal motivation defense of human rights. In El Salvador, began non-violent accompaniment: accompany someone who is under threat of violence, eg a religious leader. You are 'noisy' & use privilege to try to protect, w/ camera, passport, & home country network
