[IMC-Video] [Fwd: Peter Gabriel invites you to the Hub]

[Sasha Costanza-Chock]

FYI...

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Subject: Peter Gabriel invites you to the Hub
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:01:58 +0000
From: Peter Gabriel and WITNESS <Peter_Gabriel_and_WITNESS at mail.vresp.com>
Reply-To: Peter Gabriel and WITNESS
<reply-bbd8d0b635-7fe1e19f9e at u.cts.vresp.com>
To: costanza at usc.edu

Dear Sasha,

Today I’m proud to announce the launch of the Hub-
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WITNESS/bbd8d0b635/7fe1e19f9e/f1eee08f5f
– a "YouTube for human rights."  It’s the first online global platform
that offers you the tools you need to use media for advocacy –
enabling you and millions of others worldwide to use camcorders, cell
phones and cameras to upload, share, and discuss your human
rights-related footage, as well as organize campaigns to create
change.

When I co-founded WITNESS
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WITNESS/bbd8d0b635/7fe1e19f9e/900a53ff5a,
our goal was to distribute video cameras to people on the ground to
document human rights abuses. We soon realized that it wasn’t enough
to distribute the cameras – our partners needed both technical
training in using the cameras, but most importantly strategic training
in implementing video as part of a campaign to create change. Since
then, WITNESS has trained hundreds of human rights activists in over
70 countries.

And today, technology has caught up with our original vision of giving
cameras to the world. Experts predict that there will be close to 3
billion cell phone subscribers by the end of 2007 and 15 million
mobile TV users by 2009.  Mobile phones are proliferating at
astounding rates across socio-economic, geographic and cultural
boundaries, revolutionizing the way we organize ourselves, and
interact with each other.  The wide-spread accessibility of
media-enabled devices – videophones, digital cameras, and laptops –
offers the potential for anyone, anywhere to become a human rights
defender.

Capturing evidence of abuse has never been easier, but finding
platforms with the online tools you need to create context for the
footage to inspire involvement and activism is an ongoing challenge
for all of us who want to create a better world.  All of this changes
today.

Join me at the Hub today:

1) View media-
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WITNESS/bbd8d0b635/7fe1e19f9e/3c833102f8


2) Join the Hub Community-
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WITNESS/bbd8d0b635/7fe1e19f9e/0e502948da


3) Upload or embed your human rights related videos, images and audio
files-
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WITNESS/bbd8d0b635/7fe1e19f9e/0c5365df61


4) Create a group page for your group or organization-
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WITNESS/bbd8d0b635/7fe1e19f9e/510e2aede6


5) Watch and share our 1 minute video about the Hub -
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WITNESS/bbd8d0b635/7fe1e19f9e/31b09e77fb


You've done so much to support our work; we hope the Hub will be a
resource for you!

Sincerely,

Peter Gabriel


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