TECHIE

To characterize and understand the dimensions of the problem, we need to understand the varying levels of engagement activists have with the Internet. Most of us use the Internet and its related technologies in our work. We rely on it to function and to do what we want it to and what it says it will do. We have integrated the Internet into our political work and, to some extent, we design our political work around the Internet's capabilities -- even unconsciously -- day after day... We want to train activists of color and make them techies by providing them the following skills as outlined in this graphic... Every two months, mentees will gather in a location (probably two locations in the country) for a two day "seminar" with one of the program leaders about what they are learning, how the course is going, what could be changed, what kinds of political developments are taking place that affect their movements, etc. The program will award certificates of proficiency to all who finish..