News and Announcements

According to a statewide survey released by the Public Policy Institute of California, Californians are twice as likely to use their cell phones to access the Internet than they were just three years ago.

The survey—the third in a series focusing on information technology issues—was conducted with funding from the California Emerging Technology Fund and ZeroDivide.

Congratulations to Youth Radio/Youth Media International for winning this year’s Peabody Award. They were given the award for Trafficked, their two-part investigative series that explores the sex trade of minors in Oakland largely through first-hand accounts of the victims.

The FCC, in an unprecedented step, hosted the first Native Nations Day under the leadership of Geoffrey Blackwell and his staff from the new FCC Office of Native Affairs and Policy.

The Office was established last year after Native Nations articulated the need for such an office to coordinate Nation-to-Nation consultation on communication and telecommunication regulatory items specific to the 565 American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages.

The Commission took the first steps towards meaningful consultation by announcing the appointment of 19 elected tribal leaders and tribal members to the Native Nations Broadband Task Force. Among those named was Matthew Rantanen, member of Native Public Media’s Board and Director of the Southern California Tribal Digital Village.

Mozilla and ZeroDivide Announce Youth Media Partnership Program will use HTML5 video tools to teach media literacy skills

On Saturday, March 19, Mozilla and ZeroDivide will publicly launch a collaboration with the Bay Area Video Coalition to teach media literacy skills using fun web video tools.

Mozilla and ZeroDivide will share details of their partnership at the annual Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington, D.C., and demonstrate open source video tools under development at Mozilla’s Web Made Movies laboratory.

Amplifying Impact via Media and Technology-Related Grantmaking

Please join funder colleagues in exploring opportunities to amplify foundations' impact through media and technology-related grantmaking and policy. Featuring Congresswoman Donna Edwards, this free event will take place at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington, D.C. - the premier annual conference addressing the variety of ways the nonprofit sector is using technology for social good.

Featuring Congresswoman Donna Edwards, former Executive Director of The Arca Foundation

March 19, 2011, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
The Washington Hilton, Washington, D.C.

Social media is increasingly becoming an integral component of online advocacy. In ethnic communities, social media advocacy has gone beyond simple alerts and petition signing. Despite trailing behind in overall Internet use, communities of color are leaders in mobile web use, with more than 85 percent of Latinos and African Americans owning cell phones.

Nonprofit advocacy organizations have assumed greater importance in recent years. Indeed, the influence of nonprofit advocacy organizations seems to be growing in America.

ZeroDivide works with organizations to leverage the power of technology to help them achieve their mission. We continually examine and assess the role technology plays in advocacy organizations.

Education is key to America’s economic growth and prosperity. Our ability to compete in the global economy is the path to jobs and higher earning power.

Currently, we are experiencing a “skills gap” that poses a serious threat to our economic future and to the quality of life of all Americans. Closing the gap requires serious and sustained effort, even as we navigate perilous economic and fiscal challenges.