How to Run a Progressive & Collaborative ISP

OpenITP & OpenCUNY

Monday, May 20, 2013 at 6:00 PM (EDT)

New York, NY

How to Run a Progressive & Collaborative ISP

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To be held at OpenCUNY.
May agenda for Techno-Activism 3rd Mondays


How to Run a Progressive & Collaborative ISP

Alfredo Lopez, founder of May First/People Link (MF/PL), will share his experience running a progressive and collaborative ISP.  He will explain: 

  • Why you should care about what type of ISP you have
    (Hint: They can see and share your online traffic)
     
  • Why MF/PL was setup as a unique alternative Internet provider.
     
  • How their infra-structure is different than most ISPs (support, server maintenance, and staffing) and why. 
     
  •  How democracy works in MF/PL and the success and challenges they have had. 

  • The political challenges they face including lack of diversity in technology. 
     
  • How other movements, such as the Climate Change 

    movement, interact and enrich the members of the collective. 

 

As always, tacos and beer will be provided!


About May First/People Link

May First/People Link is a membership-led and driven organization comprised of about 450 organizations and another 400 individuals making for a total of nearly 3,000 people in the organization. We are a politically progressive organization, democratically run, and organized in both the United States and Mexico. We are the only progressive organization of which that's true. After dues are paid, all services and resources are free to all members with no limits. May First is absolutely unique as an organization. There is, to the best of our knowledge, nothing else like it.


About Alfredo López 

A movement activist for 47 years, Alfredo López is a founder of May First/People Link and continues with the organization as Co-Chair of its Leadership Committee and member of its staff. He is also the coordinator of the People of Color Techie Training Program and the technology columnist for This Can't Be Happening.
 


Techno-Activism Third Mondays is an informal meetup designed to connect and create synergies between techno-activists and hacktivists in the New York area who work on or with circumvention tools, and are interested in anti-censorship and anti-surveillance issues.  You can follow conversations using #TA3M on Twitter. 

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When & Where


CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue
Room 5414
New York, NY 10016

Monday, May 20, 2013 at 6:00 PM (EDT)


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OpenITP & OpenCUNY

OpenITP provides developers of open source anti-surveillance and anti-censorship tools with diverse type of support. We believe circumvention tech tools are essential to enable anonymous, secure, and unrestricted communication on the Internet.

OpenCUNY is a student-based, open-source, academic, participatory digital medium for the CUNY Graduate Center community. To date, OpenCUNY has worked with GC students to develop interactive open-source environments for chartered organizations, student associations, GC-based courses, student-run conferences, graduate research, health initiatives, student activism, personal websites, and an array of DSC initiatives.

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