The Cyberquilting Experiment is a project examining how the internet can be used as a resource for social justice work and movement building activities. As with the Highlander Folk School in the Civil Rights Movement, The Cyberquilting Experiment is to be a “cyber-communal training” space where activism, cognitive engagement, and skill development intersect, equipping women of color activists and organizations with the cyber tools, internet training, and hardware needed to bring about radical social change within their local communities by connecting through the Cyberquilting's website and by connecting through our Cyberquilting Skill Share Workshop with organizations, groups, and activists within their cities and across the US. Overall, the goals of The Cyberquilting Experiment are: (1) To share, maximize, and amplify the impact of the work of community groups and women of color activists through various cyber technologies; (2) To build and strengthen real world relationships by connecting people with other people who are doing similar work; (3) To share information, news, and resources so that people are informed and able to act; (4) To connect people with information more quickly so they can mobilize for their own freedom.
We implement these aforementioned goals by creating a Cyberquilting internet infrastructure, developing creative ways for marginalized communities to have access to hardware and cyberspace, and by facilitating Cyberquilting Skill Share Workshops within and across US cities. All in all, The Cyberquilting Experiment is designed to generate energy and inspiration based on practical illustrations of the connections between the works that women of color are doing in communities all over the world.
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