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Title: Republican Convention Protests
START DATE: 8/29/2004
START TIME: 12:00 PM
Duration: 12 Hours
Location: New York City
Location Details:
Event Topic: Everything
Event Type: demonstration
Contact Name: CounterConvention.org
Contact Email: info@counterconvention.org
Contact Phone:
DESCRIPTION:
In what could be one of the largest U.S. political demonstrations

in years, hundreds of thousands of people from all over the country

are expected to converge on midtown Manhattan in protest of the

Republican National Convention this summer.

For the past several months dozens of groups have been meeting to

discuss strategy and logistics for protesting the Republican agenda.

Instead of planning a traditional demonstration, CounterConvention.org

has built a sophisticated website designed to coordinate the organizing

efforts of others.

"Everyone from unions to church groups to community based organizations

is planning something in protest of the Convention and the Republican

agenda. People across the country are planning on coming to New York by

the thousands, so on-line coordination is absolutely crucial," says Amanda

Hickman, one member of CounterConvention.org.

The website includes a directory of local and national groups organizing

around the convention, a calendar of upcoming events, legal information,

posters and materials, and housing and transportation resources.

According to William Etundi, "The CounterConvention.org website is designed

to help connect organizers and activists with people interested in being

involved, especially those that may have never attended a political event

or demonstration."

Because security and ease-of-use are top concerns, the CounterConvention.org

team built their own website system from scratch. According to Mark Libkuman,

"We really need a backend system that makes it easy for people to list an event

or resource, but also allows a team member to review those listings before they

appear on the site." The custom designed software that powers the

CounterConvention.org will be released under an open source license to the public

in order to be used and modified for future organizing.

The website was designed and built by a collective of organizers and activists

with a history of working within the New York social justice community. "We are

an open collective, committed to building a website that reflects the incredible

organizing work going on in all kinds of communities in New York City," says

Amanda Hickman.

CounterConvention.org team members attend meetings daily with organizations throughout

New York City and across the country to listen to the needs of organizers and plug

them into the tools available on the website. Over 100 of these groups are listed on

the website.

"The energy around the Republican Convention protests is like nothing I've ever seen,"

states William Etundi. "It is going to be a real test for on-line coordination, one I

think will prove that web-based protest organizing has come of age."

URL: http://www.counterconvention.org

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