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Mobile phones have emerged as a civic and campaign organizing tool across traditional socio-economic and cultural boundaries. Cell phone campaigns have swung elections through innovative get-out-the-vote activities, have been used to ensure impartial elections through monitoring, have resulted in massive {{tag|Collective action}}to free political prisoners or stop illegal logging, and are being used in public health strategies. | Mobile phones have emerged as a civic and campaign organizing tool across traditional socio-economic and cultural boundaries. Cell phone campaigns have swung elections through innovative get-out-the-vote activities, have been used to ensure impartial elections through monitoring, have resulted in massive {{tag|Collective action}}to free political prisoners or stop illegal logging, and are being used in public health strategies. | ||
MobileActive 2005 convened in Toronto to bring together, for the first time ever, {{tag|activists}} from around the world to explore the use of mobile phones in civic action campaigns. This wiki and [MobileActive site (http://mobileactive.org)] is an aggregation of the learnings from this convergence, stories from participants and their projects, and resources for activists interested in using mobiles in their campaigns. (For write-ups about MobileActive 05 go to our [press page. (http://www.mobileactive.org/press) | MobileActive 2005 convened in Toronto to bring together, for the first time ever, {{tag|activists}}from around the world to explore the use of mobile phones in civic action campaigns. This wiki and [MobileActive site (http://mobileactive.org)] is an aggregation of the learnings from this convergence, stories from participants and their projects, and resources for activists interested in using mobiles in their campaigns. (For write-ups about MobileActive 05 go to our [press page. (http://www.mobileactive.org/press) | ||
The goal of MobileActive is to grow the network of mobile activists, to share knowledge and skills, and to provide a peer network, training and resources to those interested in exploring mobile phones in their civic engagagement, mobilization, and civic action campaigns. | The goal of MobileActive is to grow the network of mobile activists, to share knowledge and skills, and to provide a peer network, training and resources to those interested in exploring mobile phones in their civic engagagement, mobilization, and civic action campaigns. | ||