03 Jun Yvette Alberdingk Thijm to speak at Personal Democracy Forum #PDF16
News and Events | matisseWITNESS’ executive director will deliver a keynote and moderate a panel at the annual civic tech conference in NYC.
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01 Jun WITNESS joins HRW’s Film Festival panel on virtual reality and human rights
News and Events | matisseOur Program Director Sam Gregory joins HRWIFF’s panel on the emergent uses of virtual reality in human rights storytelling and advocacy.
12 May Join Peter Gabriel and Susan Sarandon in demanding justice for Berta Cáceres
News and Events | Jackie ZammutoPeter Gabriel and Susan Sarandon join video campaign to demand justice for assassinated Honduran human rights defender, Berta Cáceres.
09 May Video Activism in Chile, from Temuco to Valparaíso
News and Events |Last month WITNESS’ Victor Ribeiro traveled to Chile to conduct a series of video advocacy and video evidence workshops. Here are a few highlights from the workshops, including video interviews with people he met along the way.
05 May A Tour De Force: Team WITNESS Rides Again!
News and Events |May 1, Team WITNESS took on five bridges, 40 miles, and – you guessed it – five boroughs in the 2016 TD Five Boro Bike Tour all in support of human rights.
22 Apr WITNESS and FiSahara Train Human Rights Defenders and Video Activists from Western Sahara
News and Events | Sarah KerrWITNESS and FiSahara conducted a week-long intensive training on video advocacy in the Sahrawi refugee camps located in the Tindouf province of Algeria.
18 Apr WITNESS and FiSahara Launch Project to Curate and Contextualize Citizen Videos from Western Sahara
News and Events | matisseThe project launches weeks ahead of a crucial UN Security Council vote on the continued peacekeeping mission.
15 Apr One year later: Brazilian partners reflect on the importance of video cameras when a young boy was killed
News and Events |April 2 marked one year since the devastating murder of a 10-year-old boy named Eduardo by Police in Rio de Janiero. Our partners in Brazil, Coletivo Papo Reto, reflect on the importance of video in the aftermath.
30 Mar WITNESS Launches Video as Evidence Guide for Citizens, Activists, Lawyers
News and Events | matisseThe resource provides practical guidance aimed at strengthening citizen video used as evidence in courts, for advocacy, and by the media.
29 Mar The WITNESS Media Lab Announces First Curation Fellow
News and Events |WITNESS is pleased to announce technologist, journalist, and media entrepreneur Karen Stevenson as our first WITNESS Media Lab Curation Fellow.