Four Bridges Project

INTERVIEWS, PRESENTATIONS, AND PRESS

September, 2011

Talk! With Marie Youtube Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNQ7j-seNi8

March 9, 2011

“Nazz Lane is an author having recently published in SL the first six chapters of his serialized novel "Borders of Our Lives", based on characters and the setting of Second Life. He is also the author of Lane’s List and a Freelance Reporter for the SL Newspaper, Avenue Magazine and Second Arts. Lane's List is a personal travelogue of people and places in virtuality.”

http://laneslist.blogspot.com/2011/03/conversation-with-millay-freschi-of.html

February 6, 2011

“Metaverse Television is part of the Metaverse Broadcasting Company, dedicated to using Virtual Worlds to construct and engage a global audience.”

http://metaversetv.com/blog/2011/02/gridwrap-36/

Education Delivered: UMaine Technology Drives Distance Learning.  Kristen Andresen UMaine Today, May - June, 2009

http://www.umainetoday.umaine.edu/issues/v9i3/edu.html -

http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/collingwood7/minerva/conference09_millay.html

“Virtual Praxis.2
Women’s International Community in Second Life

Minerva Island is the Department of Women's Studies' teaching and research space in the virtual world Second Life. Second Life is free to join, and we welcome visitors to our island when classes are not in session. Use the link in the sidebar to find out more about Minerva. You can also view our Google events calendar by clicking on the button below.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV4Grt7zZ3E

“The Iran Global Day of Action was honoured in Second Life with a gathering of supporters, poets and musicians, introduced by Millay Freschi of the Amnesty International E-Group. During this event participants heard from Iranian people via Twitter and watched videos on You Tube to witness people's experiences and also to hear musicians sing in support of the Iranian struggle for democracy. These people risk their safety to let the world know the reality of their situation, using the Internet in an unprecedented way to reach out to the world. This show is in two parts and here are the links to videos and websites mentioned in the first part:”

http://www.betterverse.org/2010/12/16-days-of-action-against-gender-violence-continues-in-second-life-this-week.html

16 Days of Action to End Gender Violence Nov, 2010

http://www.rikomatic.com/blog/2009/07/amnesty-internationals-josh-rubenstein-speaking-in-second-life-on-thursday.html

Virtually Speaking. Introduction for Josh Rubenstein of Amnesty International USA.

http://gsp-uncg.blogspot.com/2011/01/aauw-womens-virtual-community-project.html

“The AAUW Women's Virtual Community Project is designed to provide an online 3-D meeting and discussion space for women and girls in the virtual world Second Life. “

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/08/12/765911/-First-They-Ignore-You:A-Second-Life-Netroots-Nation-Panel-on-Iran

"First They Ignore You": Organizing Online for Human Rights and Nonviolent Resistance in Iran, which takes place at Netroots Nation Arenatomorrow at 10:45 AM PDT.  I'll be joined by three in-world activists, Siri Vita, millay Freschi, and Cotton Thorne who were among the most dedicated in-world folks organizing last weekend's PeaceFest, and whom I have come to know recently through activities in-world in support of the people of Iran and other events centered around Amnesty International, Peace Train, and other like-minded organizations.”

http://ebrewster.wordpress.com/

“The AAUW Women’s Community Project held an event in Second Life this month, a talk by Millay Freschi on RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan.   RAWA is now over 30 years old, and was founded as an independent social and political organization fighting for human rights and social justice.  They are committed to a free, independent, democratic and secular Afghanistan, and do a great deal of difficult work in women’s education and healthcare.”

http://www.pixelsandpolicy.com/pixels_and_policy/2009/08/iranslstudy.html

“On July 22, a week into Iran’s foreign media reporting ban, a group of Iranian protesters gathered on a grassy hill to speak out against Supreme Leader Khamenei’s continued support for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.”

http://www.truth-out.org/082909B

“Several real-world human rights groups have already built a presence in Second Life. The Four Bridges Project, an alliance of nonprofits that includes Amnesty International, Imagine Network, Peace Train, and others, manages a large virtual island devoted to spreading human rights awareness. Large buildings filled with information on human rights abuses, international studies, and awareness podcasts scatter the island. Many of Amnesty International's reports on human rights are accessible through Second Life's in-game browser without ever leaving the synthetic world.”

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2959210/life_on_line_9_amnesty_international/

“Amnesty International has recently appointed the extremely hard-working Amy Cross as their global Online Coordinator to campaign in support of Amnesty International through the internet. Life On Line www.life-on-line.tv”

http://labspace.open.ac.uk/mod/forumng/discuss.php?d=723

“One of this weeks assignments was to locate a social justice group in Second Life as well as on other social networking sites. There is a neat area of second life called the Four Bridges project that includes many of these groups. I decided to follow one of them through (my United Way contributions go to them and I was curious). Amnesty International is found on Second Life at (33,189,24) and is a part of the Four Bridges Project.”

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