Help Us Win a #NewsChallenge Grant

 

WITNESS entered the Knight News Challenge with our SecureSmartCam our collaboration with The Guardian Project.  Becoming a News Challenge winner would provide necessary funding to propel our idea to the next stage. You can find our proposal here.
 

In order for us to move to the next round of voting – and only 100 projects will make it there – we need your help and we only have until March 29, 2012.

 

Here’s how to vote for the WITNESS proposal:

 

On Tumblr:

  1. - Visit WITNESS’ proposal on Tumblr, where you can like and comment on it.
  2. - If you have a Tumblr of your own, please re-blog it there. 
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On Twitter:

- You can share our proposal on Twitter using the hashtag #newschallenge, where discussions are being tracked.

  1. - Suggested Tweet: Vote 4 @witnessorg & help us win @knightfdn #newschallenge to protect citizen witnesses using video http://bit.ly/FPSBrZ

 

On Other Social Networks:

  1. - You can share the proposal via your own blog, Facebook, Google+, bookmarking sites, etc.
  2. - If you get a conversation going on any of these locations, please let us know by dropping us an email or tweeting us @witnessorg and use the hastag #newschallenge

Thanks for your support!

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