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VL’s Maegan la Mala on the Radio Today Talking About the Twitter Etc.

8:26 am By Maegan La Mala · Media|media justice|radio|VivirLatino · 1 Comment

30 Nov 2010

There is so much going on, between the DREAM Act, Wikileaks and well everything else in day to day life that I am going to try my best to catch everyone up. I will be stepping away from the computer today and onto the airwaves at about 11:30 am. EST

As part of the buildup for the Digital Diversity Summit I will be participating in this weekend, I will be on Kansas’s NPR affiliate KCUR’s Central Standard with the organizer of the summit, Simran Sethi, Associate Professor of Journalism at the University of Kansas.

Part of the discussion will be on the use of twitter and its applications in communities of color and the upcoming digital diversity summit developed by Prof. Sethi’s KU students and co-sponsored by UNITY.

I hope you can tune in. You can also follow discussions on Twitter by following the #digitaldiversity hashtag.

Charges Against Twitter User in Guatemala Dropped

7:35 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Guatemala|Twitter · Comments Off

9 Jul 2009

Nearly two months age we wrote about the “tweet heard ’round Guatemala” and how that tweet landed Jeanfer, also known as Jean Anleu, in jail facing charges of inciting financial panic. Well it looks like he’s a free man and that all charges have been dropped.

Via / Boing Boing

Guatemala : Accusing a President of Murder and Arresting Twitter Users

7:09 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Guatemala|Internet|Twitter · 4 Comments

15 May 2009

The situation in Guatemala is getting heavier by the moment with reports of arrests of street vendors and at least one twitter user A little background. Attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg was killed and a video released posthumously points the finger at President Alvaro Colom.

The video’s release has led to widespread protest, calling for President Colom to step down and face justice. The twittersphere in the Central American country also responded. Twitter user “Jeanfer” was arrested for suggesting in a tweet that people who had money deposited in Banrural should remove those funds, and by doing so, break the control that “corrupt people” have over the state-controlled financial institution. The murdered attorney, who was shot to death this past weekend, represented a finance expert, Khalil Musa, who was said to have refused to participate in corrupt transactions involving Banrural.

Angie Zapata and Social Media

10 Apr 2009

Angie Zapata was a transgender woman who was brutally murdered in Colorado last year. Next week, her killer goes to trial, and an online campaign by ProgressNow Colorado is encouraging us to remember Angie’s life and death at this difficult time.

Light a Candle for Angie is a Facebook application designed to draw attention to the issue of hate crimes. If you are a Facebook member, why not join the iniative?

If you are a Twitter member, you can follow all of the activities around the online campaign by adding Justice for Angie, or searching #zapata for other online conversations around anti-hate activism in Angie’s name.

It’s refreshing to once again see social media sites being used for something more than just entertainment. These applications’ ability to bring people together also have great potential to harness the power of many to bring much needed attention to serious social issues such as hate crimes, which I hope will eventually bring about policy change.

Via / AngieZapata.com

Twitter with La Macha!

1:17 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · VivirLatino · Comments Off

1 Dec 2008

I’m sure many of you have wondered…hm. La Macha says she’s a twitter addict, and yet when I look for her on twitter, she’s never there–what’s up with that???

Well, wonder no longer my friends! I have finally gotten around to opening a non-personal account at twitter, and I am anxious to have you come join me in twitter conversations!

If you’re on twitter follow: lamacha
If you just hang around twitter, here is my homepage: http://twitter.com/lamacha

I’m looking forward to getting to know all of you on a more twitterfied level!

231 Dominicans Tweet

1:03 pm By Maegan La Mala · Dominican Republic|Tech · Comments Off

19 Aug 2008

There’s a really interesting article up about the use of Twitter in the Dominican Republic. According to the article there are 231 tweeters in D.R. 11 of them being non-Dominicans who live/work there. 26% of the Dominican users have protected entries (hmm what are you hiding). 42% of the tweeters have blogs. 1 of the tweeters is a politician.

For more on who tweets in D.R. check out the full post here.

Via / Global Voices, My 2 K-Cents

Follow VivirLatino at the LAMC via Twitter

10:45 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Events|Music|New York City · Comments Off

9 Jul 2008

Follow la Mala’s adventures at the LAMC, Latin Alternative Music Conference, via Twitter.

Just follow http://twitter.com/mamitamala for real time updates as I try to keep up with all the LAMC has to offer.

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