drewrwilson/toolsforactivism

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growing list of digital tools for activism things

Apr 1st, 2020

Open-source host-it-yourself:

Spoke stars188 - Text-distribution tool for organizations to mobilize supporters and members into action. Spoke allows you to upload phone numbers, customize scripts and assign volunteers to communicate with supporters while allowing organizations to manage the process.

May 15th, 2019

Software as a service:

MoveOn's Petition Platform - Start your own petition on MoveOn's hosted platform. If your petition gains traction, MoveOn staff may help support you.

The Graveyad

Thunderclap - use this to coordinate a group sharing the same message on social media at the same time. You write a tweet, make a campaign, and ask people to pledge to support your campaign. When you reach your goal of a certain number of pledgers, your tweet will automatically be posted to each pledger's social media.

Oct 2nd, 2018

Software as a service:

Democracy.io (code stars253) - Send messages to members of the US Senate and House of Representatives.

Jan 3rd, 2018

Projects to keep an eye on (ie projects in development)

Umbrella App stars202 - an open source Android App with lessons and checklists on digital and physical security topics ranging from sending a secure mail to dealing with physical surveillance and attending a protest safely. Also includes forms for responding to security incidents and feeds to ensure users are up to date with the latest security information for their area. Also available in Spanish and Chinese.

Oct 11th, 2017

Browsers:

Tor Browser stars404 - Free software for enabling anonymous communication. It prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location, and it lets you access sites which are blocked.

Jun 28th, 2017

Open-source host-it-yourself:

Contact Congress (Open Source)stars31 - Send emails to members of the US Congress. This was developed by EFF as an open source project. They use it for their own campaigns internally. There is also a hosted version run by Fight for the Future (see below).

Call Congress stars28 - Coordinate call-in days to US Congress, the President, or local or corporate targets. Original project from Fight for the Future and Taskforce.is, but with lots of development from Mozilla stars1 and the EFF. Frontend looks like this, https://call.mozilla.org and the backend looks like http://callpower.org. A hosted version is available, and the code is AGPL.

Apr 9th, 2017

Open-source host-it-yourself:

CiviCRM - Contact management system for non-profit / activist sector, including donations, memberships, events, SMS, bulk mail & full CRM.

Nov 16th, 2016

Software as a service:

Action Network - A nonprofit digital organizing toolset for progressive organizations. Includes petitions, advocacy, fundraising, mass email, and more for free or cheap.

Aug 19th, 2016

Projects to keep an eye on (ie projects in development)

Code Corps - code corps hopes to provide tools that connect people to projects that have a social impact, facilitate crowdfunding, and provide support for those working on projects

Jun 5th, 2016

Operating Systems:

Tails - A live media, Linux-based operating system that is designed to allow the use of a computer without leaving a digital footprint.

Jan 20th, 2016

Open-source host-it-yourself:

Ushahidi - Platform for data management and visualization. Other tools include CrowdMap, CrisisNET (data about world crises), Ping (tool for checking is someone is ok after an emergency), SMSsync (two-way SMS gateway). Check out their github repos.

Projects to keep an eye on (ie projects in development)

[email protected]stars38 - a mobile app to help protesters communicate with each other in realtime during marches

Jan 7th, 2016

Software as a service:

Riseup - A provider of communication tools for activists, including free webmail, chat, and VPN

Dec 31st, 2015

Open-source host-it-yourself:

Countdown stars37 - A quick & simple tool for making your own webpage with a countdown to your upcoming event.

Software as a service:

Loomio - Tool for collaborative decision-making in groups. Note: Loomio's code is also open source stars2.1k, but it's generally used as a hosted service.

ControlShift - Distributed petitions, events and local groups for progressive advocacy organizations. Tools to help make campaigns more participatory.

Projects to keep an eye on (ie projects in development)

Day of Action stars8 - very rough tool used to coordinate a day of action for high school students. the starting point for a more generalized tool to run a day of action campaign

Nov 17th, 2015

Software as a service:

Change.org Petition site. Chose a target, make a petition, send it to your friends. If they get traction, Change.org has staff that can provide support. (They also have org accounts, that allow groups to do branded pages and export contact info of signers.)

Oct 27th, 2015

Open-source host-it-yourself:

VictoryKit - Optimize petition campaign content. Not actively maintained.

TakeCharge.io stars9 - opensource or SaaS online donations powered by Stripe.

Oct 15th, 2015

Projects to keep an eye on (ie projects in development)

Stencil Validator (code stars12) - a design tool for determining if your artwork is a valid stencil

Aug 12th, 2015

Open-source host-it-yourself:

Self Starter stars3.2k - roll your own crowdfunding site

Crowdring stars16 - web app where people around the world can place a free missed call to sign a petition

Twilio.org's Rapid Response Kit stars304 - Collection phone-related tools using Twilio's service. Kit includes: Auto-Respond (inbound voice/sms responder), Broadcast (simple way to broadcast texts/calls to a list), Conference Line, Forwarder, Ringdown (call down a list of people, if 1st person doesn't answer go on to the next), Help Line (Press 1 for..., Press 2 for...)

Software as a service:

Contact Congress (FFTF) - Used to send emails to members of the US Congress. This is Fight for the Future's hosted-version of the open sources Contact Congress. Ideal for organizations that send a lot of emails to congress, but who don't have tech staff who can install and maintain their own version of the open source software.

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drewrwilson/toolsforactivism

Open-source host-it-yourself:

May 15th, 2019

Software as a service:

The Graveyad

Oct 2nd, 2018

Software as a service:

Jan 3rd, 2018

Projects to keep an eye on (ie projects in development)

Oct 11th, 2017

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Jun 28th, 2017

Open-source host-it-yourself:

Apr 9th, 2017

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Nov 16th, 2016

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Aug 19th, 2016

Projects to keep an eye on (ie projects in development)

Jun 5th, 2016