Helping Haiti with Community Technology

On Tuesday, January 12, 2010, Haiti was devastated by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake. In response to the crisis unfolding in the wake of the earthquakes devastation, the Crisis Commons team mobilized. Crisis Camps were announced for six locations in the United States and around the world all on Saturday, January 16, 2010: Washington, DC, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, London, and Boulder - Denver.

This is a quick video overview of the Washington DC Crisis Camp.

http://crisiscommons.org

MUSIC:

Artist: Finn Riggins
Track: "A President, A Pacifist, An Auto Restorer"
License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

File: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Finn_Riggins/A_Soldier_a_Saint_an_Ocean_Exp...

VIDEO USAGE

License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/

Attribution notes: Attribute all uses to "the Sunlight Foundation" and email info@sunlightfoundation.com with the location and purpose of your derivative work.

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Thanks!

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• haiti
• earthquake
• sunlight
• foundation
• washington
• dc
• technology
• community
• logistics
• relief
• creole
• timeline

[gryfnsroost]

absolutely perfect....

[SunlightFoundation]

Thanks! Very kind of you. We're all trying to do as much as we can.

[Ladybughola]

thxs for helping hati (go bless u all for doing this)

[gryfnsroost]

i keep coming back to this video...and i am in love, thank you

[Aventuran]

Love the music, it dramatically underscores the message and adds to the urgency of the Call to Action message at the end.

[aixerona]

video needs more views! this thing keeps me going!

@sarahbhaiti

[gryfnsroost]

i can tell....may we always have enough