In September, we co-organised #DTIEastAfrica w/@FemnetProg – it was a magical gathering of amazing African feminist techies, teachers, wikipedians, activists and more!
In this thread, we share our report from the convening, and our conversations, prompts & dreams of the future 🧵
It’s important to us to release our #DecolonisingTheInternetEastAfrica report today on International Women Human Rights Defenders Day. It’s #16DaysOfActivism2022, and this report is a celebration of the #WHRDs who teach and guide us – some of whom were with us in Zambia. ✊🏿
❇️ We learnt from them the many ways in which violence offline spills into the online and exists in the digital world, and the safety tactics used to limit #OGBV (online gender-based violence)
❇️ And shared our dreams for a more just on- and offline world. 🌙🤖
Are you curious about what centering the lives of African feminists means for how we imagine a decolonized internet, and what we can do to achieve it?
How can we talk about governance & internet access where #InternetShutdowns are being used as a tool for genocide?
This year’s @intgovforum is taking place in Ethiopia, a country that continues to weaponize internet shutdowns against the people in #Tigray 🧵 #IGF2022
For years, the Ethiopian government has relied on its dominance as a telecom & internet provider to cut groups out of the web, and hide war crimes and #HumanRights violations.
Since 2020, it has engineered the longest continuous internet shutdown in the world, keeping Tigrayans isolated in the middle of a war that has cost their livelihood and lives. #KeepItOn
Silicon Valley/San Francisco Bay Area friends: give thanks today by paying the Shuumi land tax! You live and work on traditional Lisjan Ohlone territory, yet how often does Big Tech acknowledge the very land from which it profits? sogoreate-landtrust.org/shuumi-land-ta…
The Shuumi Land Tax is a voluntary annual contribution that non-Indigenous people living on Ohlone lands make to support the critical work of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, a non profit led by urban Indigenous women. sogoreate-landtrust.org/shuumi-land-ta…
Learn more about Corrina Gould, Johnella LaRose and other incredible Ohlone women leaders and their powerful efforts to create the first ever women-led urban Indigenous land trust on Turtle Island/the United States. Watch the film Beyond Recognition: underexposedfilms.com/beyond-recogni…
(1/5) We are an anti-racist organization. Today, as everyday, we stand in solidarity with our Black communities and friends everywhere. We ask everyone else to reflect: what does it mean to be actively anti-racist, rather than passively non-racist? Share your practices with us.
(2/5) For us, a key practice is not to be silent when it is convenient or easy. We speak when it feels right, however uncomfortable, painful, or scary it is. We work to support spaces in which Black voices can resonate powerfully and safely, sharing their truths with us all.
(3/5) A critical practice for us is to center Black scholarship and knowledge. Let's not assume "we understand", or worse, appropriate without attribution. We need to affirm, cite, and learn from the power of Black imagination, expertise and experience to transform our worlds.