Computers for Social Justice

The following is a collection (in no particular order) of documents and other resources accumulated during the planning and discussion of the Computers for Social Justice (CSJ) Project:

Supporting Documents

• Internship Proposal
  Thor Halvorsen (Gallaudet University, Student)

• Computers for Social Justice: Concept Paper
  Margaret Vitullo (Gallaudet University, Professor) and Thor Halvorsen (Gallaudet University, Student)

• Computers for Social Justice: Letter of Support
  Kevin Cole (Gallaudet University, Programmer)

• From Teacher to Crusader: Confessions of an Open Source Educator
  Jeff Elkner (Arlington County Schools, Teacher)
  from Red Hat Magazine, January 2005

• Choosing and Using Open Source Software: A Primer for Nonprofits
  from the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative (NOSI)

• Guide to Open Source Software for Australian Government Agencies
  from the Information Management Office of the Australian Government

• Islands in the Wastestream: Executive Summary
  Islands in the Wastestream: Full Report
  Jim Lynch (CompuMentor)

• MySQL's Open Source in Government whitepaper

• Before You Throw It Out: What to do with your old PCs
  Christine Nuzum (The Wall Street Journal, ) (September 12, 2005; Page R9)

• MIT's $100 Laptop to Use Linux
  (Washington Post Express) (October 03, 2005, p. 14)

• The Man Who Gives Computers to Kids: Phil Shapiro
  Emily Wax (Washington Post, Staff Writer) (Thursday, April 6, 2000; Page B03)

• Directions to Project Reboot
  Capital PC Users Group: Project Reboot

Related Sites and Links

• Free Geek Community Technology Center

• Nonprofit Open Source Initiative (NOSI)

• Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC)

• The Digital Divide Network

• Community Free Software Group
  see their Projects link

• CompuMentor

• Project Reboot

• Geeks Without Borders

• Geek Corps

• Penguin Day

• Software Freedom Day