Nothing wrong with bragging every once in a blue moon, right?
So once again Virtual Activism – my nonprofit organization – is at the forefront of technology in the Arab World. We have been the first to go on the web, we had the first blog in the entire Arab World, the first to have a Wiki, and now the first to be a nonprofit in a virtual world, namely Second Life.
Now I have an Education and Human Rights Center which is part of a sim but hopefully will expand beyond that. Here are some images:
So why is this important? Well the center is expanding into providing a visual tour of human rights violation and providing knowledge and information on human rights abuses worldwide. It will draw heavily on several world reports on human rights as well as on local human rights reports. The visual tour provides an experiential and immersive education to those who will visit it. It will also provide videos and other information on such violations, as well as monthly discussions and meetings. The center is still undergoing construction and I will be announcing meetings shortly.
If you are already on second life, you might want to visit the center at this slurl:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Odessa Captivating/191/216/21/?title=Odessa Captivating
On the same sim, a little at a distance from the Center is a replica of the St. Catherine’s Monastery from the
Sinai, Egypt.
Enjoy.