Speak Easy: Citizenship, Freedom of Expression and Online Governance
The event organised by the YP Foundation, Youth Ki Awaaz, Change.Org and RTI Anonymous was held at the American Centre in Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi on July 31, 2012. Chinmayi Arun, a Fellow at the Centre for Internet & Society
The event focused on exploring the freedom of expression vis-a-vis its impact on accessibility and connectivity across multiple youth movements focused on gender, speciality, education, governance and arts.
There were group discussions with Venkatesh Nayak (Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative), Anja Kovacs (Internet Democracy Project), Chinmayi Arun (Centre for Internet & Society) among others.
Agenda
| 2.00 2.30 |
Registrations open for workshops! |
| 2.30 2.45 |
Getting started – ‘Why Speak Easy?’ |
| 2.45 4.30 | Speak Easy | Learn: Workshops on advocating online, citizenship journalism, filing the Right to Information (RTI) application, and participating in online legislation with Youth Ki Awaaz, Change.Org, Get Up 4 Change, The YP Foundation and PRS Legislative. |
| 4.30 6.00 |
Speak Easy | Converge: Exploring the Freedom of Expression vis-à-vis its impact on accessibility and connectivity across multiple youth movements focused on gender, sexuality, education, governance and arts. Group Discussions with Venkatesh Nayak (Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative), Anja Kovacs (Founder, Internet Democracy Project), Chinmayi Arun (Centre for Internet and Society) and many others. |
| 6.00 7.00 | Speak Easy | Demand: How can young people dialogue with decision makers? |
Venue Partner: The American Center
Read the original published in the YP Foundation here
Filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
