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Members of Radical Reference have helped the US Social Forum's Information and Communications Technology (ICT) working group with testing of the registration process -- and of course we plan to be part of a radical librarians presence in Detroit this June. Read below for the announcement of how any organization can propose a workshop!

Movement for Justice in El Barrio

EL BARRIO, NYC
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH, 4:00 PM
RSVP by Monday, February 15th:
(212) 561-0555 or movementforjusticeinelbarrio@yahoo.com
childcare and English & Spanish translations provided

An echo that turns itself into many voices, into a network of voices that, before the deafness of power, opts to speak to itself, knowing itself to be one and many, acknowledging itself to be equal in its desire to listen and be listened to, recognizing itself as different in the tonalities and levels of voices forming it. A network of voices that resist the war that power wages on them.
– Words of the Zapatistas at the "First Intercontinental Encuentro for Humanity and Against Neoliberalism."

This looks like an interesting and useful event:

GrassrootsCamp
Wednesday February 17
The Tank Space for Performing and Visual Arts
354 West 45th Street
$5 advance/$10 door

10 Tactics for Turning Information Into Action is a film by Tactical Technology Collective that includes stories from 25 rights advocates around the world who have successfully used information and digital technologies to create positive change. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion, and of course by the usual post-event networking.

Remix My Podcast, 2.0

NYC Grassroots Media Coalition
in collaboration with MediaClectic
Present:

Live notes from our meeting at ALA Midwinter. (But the link is stalled at the moment! 1/18/10 8pm ET.)

As you may have noticed, the website has been updated and re-themed. It's a lot less hideous looking now, right? However...there are a few things that still need work. If you have any problems or notice any weirdnesses, please describe them here as comments to this post or email info@radicalreference.info and describe what you see. Screenshots a plus!

Saturday, January 16, 2010, 6-8pm
Yvonne Pappenheim Library on Racism, 14 Beacon Street, Boston

No ALA conference registration required; new volunteers welcome!

Contact Rebecca Martin for more info.

The United States Social Forum (USSF) Information and Communication Technology Working Group (ICT) has invited/requested librarians to help test and brainstorm the conference website, including how it will be used by our project in particular.

Monday, 1/18 2-5pm (people are welcome as early as 1 and as late as 6, though)
Openflows office 220A E. 4th St., 3rd fl. (Manhattan)

April 17, 2010
11am-7pm
Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, Manhattan

Saturday, December 19
1-5pm, drop in anytime
Openflows
220A E 4th Street (between Avenues A & B), East Village, NYC
Contact nyc@radicalreference.info if you want to participate remotely

• Are you interested in Radical Reference or already a volunteer?
• Do you have experience with website usability or want to gain some?
• Are you a coder with Drupal, CSS or other web development skills to improve or share?

If you fall into at least one of these categories, please join us!

• What does the Radical Reference site currently do, and what would we like it to do?
• What do we like about the site?
• What do we find frustrating?

The goal of this brainstorming session is to create a wishlist of functions and improvements for the site, and a roadmap for how to implement them.

And stick around after for a little social gathering!