Dear all,
Our friends from Mozilla asked me to share this interesting
opportunity. Please support them in spreading the message, or apply
yourselves.
Thanks,
Nicole
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Be on the frontlines to protect the open Internet: apply by March 20th
to become a Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellow! Mozilla is seeking talented
developers, activists, educators and other technologists eager to
protect the open Internet. The goal? Combat threats to digital freedom
and defend policy that keeps the Web open and free.
The 2016 cohort will be a global group working on a variety of
projects that protect the open Internet. This year’s host
organizations are:
* Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law
—Nairobi, Kenya
* The Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of
Toronto—Toronto, Canada
* ColorOfChange.org—New York, NY
* Data & Society—New York, NY
* Derechos Digitales—Santiago, Chile
* European Digital Rights (EDRi) —Brussels, Belgium
* Freedom of the Press Foundation—San Francisco, CA
* Privacy International—London, United Kingdom
This is a 10-month fellowship. The application window is open until
March 20, and fellows will be announced in June. They’ll begin work in
September of this year. For more information, visit
https://advocacy.mozilla.org/open-web-fellows/ and
https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2016/02/01/2016-open-web-fellows-program….
Sample Tweets to spread the word:
Do you believe in protecting the #openweb? Apply to become a
Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellow! Applications due March 20
https://advocacy.mozilla.org/open-web-fellows/
Join @FordFoundation @Mozilla and others in the fight to protect the
#openWeb. Apply to become a Fellow by March 20:
https://advocacy.mozilla.org/open-web-fellows/
Help protect the #openweb; apply to become a Ford-Mozilla Open Web
Fellow with @MozillaAdvocacy by Mar. 20:
https://advocacy.mozilla.org/open-web-fellows/
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Nicole Ebber
Referentin Internationale Beziehungen
Adviser to the ED, International Relations
Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Tel. +49 30 21915826-0
http://wikimedia.de
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