Case Studies — Build Awareness

The Movements.org case study series identifies and evaluates campaigns that have harnessed technology for social change in their communities or that have demonstrated degree of success that others could learn from. Think you or someone you know should be featured?! Share your work here.

Oleg Koslovski and Democracy Activism in Russia

Posted by Matt Mulberry in Advocacy, Build Awareness , Collaborate, Humor


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#FreeAlaa

Posted by Rachel Silver in Advocacy, Arrest and Harrasment, Blogging, Build Awareness , Plan and Strategize, Keep Supporters Engaged, Middle East & North Africa, Social Networking, Facebook, Twitter, Online Video, YouTube


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Greenpeace uses Barbie and Ken to Curb Deforestation

Posted by Rachel Silver in Build Awareness , Very Wired, Humor, Social Networking, Facebook, Twitter, Online Video, YouTube


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Tunisian Bloggers Identify Doctored Photo

Posted by Taylor Berry in Access to Information, Blogging, Build Awareness , Middle East & North Africa


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Using Facebook to Protest and Overturn an Unfair Egyptian Data Usage Policy

Posted by Taylor Berry in Build Awareness , Humor, Middle East & North Africa, Mobilize, Social Networking, Facebook, Online Video


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Syrian Boycott of Mobile Telecoms

Posted by Taylor Berry in Blogging, Build Awareness , Middle East & North Africa, Mobiles, Mobilize, Social Networking, Facebook


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Can You Solve This? Interactive Campaign for the Right to Education in #Iran

Posted by Rachel Silver in Advocacy, Build Awareness , Middle East & North Africa, Social Networking, Facebook, Online Video, YouTube


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Tunisie: manifestation pour exiger l’indépendance de la justice

Posted by Henda Hendoud in Build Awareness , Collaborate, Plan and Strategize, Middle East & North Africa, Social Networking, Facebook


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The YES MEN Spoof the WTO with Fake Website

Posted by Taylor Berry in Build Awareness , Global, Humor, Online Video


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Ukraine’s Ladies Of Femen

Posted by Jennifer Cassidy in Advocacy, Arrest and Harrasment, Build Awareness , Eastern Europe, Mobilize, Social Networking, Facebook


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Azeri Activists Get Creative to Protest Government Waste

Posted by Jimmy Carr in Arrest and Harrasment, Asia, Build Awareness , Citizen Media, Humor, Online Video, YouTube


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Using Online Video and Blogs to Build Public Awareness in Egypt

Posted by Jennifer Cassidy in Access to Information, Blogging, Build Awareness , Citizen Media, Middle East & North Africa, Online Video, YouTube


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10,000 Applaud to Overthrow ‘Europe’s Last Dictator’

Posted by Josie Baum in Advocacy, Arrest and Harrasment, Build Awareness , Access Blocked Information, Civic Engagement, Collaborate, Election Monitoring, Mobilize, Social Networking, Facebook, Twitter


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Using Online Videos to Spread the Word About Police Brutality in Egypt

Posted by Susannah Vila in Build Awareness , Humor, Middle East & North Africa, Online Video

During the last 5 years of Hosni Mubarak's presidency, Aalam Wassef used online video to spread awareness about police brutality
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Zapatista Army of National Liberalization

Posted by Josie Baum in Build Awareness , Latin America

The Zapatista movement empowered a marginalized community by harnessing the earliest forms of online tools to bring their cause
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The Lawyers Movement in Pakistan

Posted by Usama Khilji in Build Awareness , Mobilize

Led by a community of lawyers, Pakistani civil society - including students - built a movement aimed at reinstated rule of law
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Tackling Corruption in India

Posted by Susannah Vila in Build Awareness , Poorly Wired, Mobilize

Vijay Anand returned from the U.S. to his native India in order to tackle that country's pervasive corruption
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350.org’s 10-10-10 Global Work Party

Posted by Brannon Cullum in Advocacy, Build Awareness , Social Networking

350.org helped supporters organize local events held simultaneously around the world to draw attention to the climate crisis.
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An Online Media Campaign Assists in Releasing a Tunisian Activist From Prison

Posted by Lina Ben Mhenni and Susannah Vila in Advocacy, Africa, Arrest and Harrasment, Build Awareness , Not Free

After an activist disappeared and was later discovered to be imprisoned, supporters launched an online campaign to get him out.
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A Web-Savvy Latvian Uncovers and Spotlights Public Corruption

Posted in Access to Information, Build Awareness , Document Information

In the midst of an economic crisis, Latvian IT specialist exposed the inflated salaries of executives at state-run companies.
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