Revolutionary Drupal: Coding and Supporting Social Change

Technology doesn't drive social change, but it is one tool used -- from the streets of revolutionary Cairo to community organizers in Detroit. Can we help support these social change movements with Drupal? Are there ways we can code and structure Drupal projects to make them more useful to activists? Does Drupal have a role in protests and strategic direct action?

This session will be an open discussion for those working around social change, case studies of using Drupal, and brainstorming for ways we could collaborate or support Drupal projects that support social change.

This won't be as much about building nonprofit sites in Drupal (BoF for that on Wednesday) or online advocacy (BoF for that on Wednesday too).

Drupal has been part of social change movements, including acting as the platform for the U.S. Social Forum and World Social Forum, having an Indymedia distribution, and running a platform for human rights videos and field documentation at WITNESS' The Hub. What other examples can we come up with? Can Drupal be used in direct action/protest-support initiatives like Sukey.org? What else can we do with Drupal?