## Digital-Grassroots
At Digital Grassroots, we are passionate about the core values of the Internet and we strive towards ensuring openness, security, privacy, Web literacy and decentralization of the internet. We have a goal of increasing digital literacy amongst the young population (14 - 29 years) globally in order to promote their activity as stakeholders in the Internet ecosystem at the most basic levels.
The Problem
Despite being major stakeholders of the internet, youths and marginalized communities are underrepresented in major policy developments and implementation processes that affect the future of the internet. There is an existing lack of awareness of basic internet literacy knowledge in local grassroot communities.
The Solution
- Through our Digital Grassroots ambassadors program:
- We engage our Digital Grassroots Ambassadors (young people around the world aged 14 - 29) on a 4 week online Internet Literacy Course and a 4 week mentorship, giving them an opportunity to kickstart active involvement and careers in internet governance.
- We also guide ambassadors through a weekly community engagement process where they share their knowledge from the internet literacy course with their local communities.
- We organize Internet Governance events where we provide a platform for our ambassadors as well as other youth to discuss Internet Governance policy issues as they relate to the to their communities.
- Digital Grassroots is divided into 8 principal departments:- Ambassadors, Advocacy, Community Events, Partnerships, Memberships, Research, Products & Services, Affiliate programs. Through our departments we:-
- Engage in Internet Activism (IA) in order to create a safe Internet.
- Create a Digital Natives Network (DNN) among youth
Who Are We?
We are a diverse team of youth leaders from 10 countries and 3 continents who are passionate about addressing various Internet Governance Issues on a global scale. The founders of Digital Grassroots are a group of Fellows from Internet Society (ISOC) 2017 Youth at IGF Program. The Internet Governance Forum is a multistakeholder meeting where stakeholders discuss policies and issues relevant to the internet. There is more information about the team here.
What do we need?
- Collaboration with experts in various fields including content development, design, marketing, finance, language translation etc) to enable us expand our reach and engage an extremely diverse group of young people.
- Endorsement from key industry stakeholders will also go a long way to improve the visibility of our organisation and activities.
- Advice on new ways to improve on our methods of operation and be more impactful to our Digital Grassroots Ambassadors.
- Information on opportunities, grants, programs and conferences that can beneficial in expanding our work.
- Volunteer to help with out technical requirements, this include web development (a custom built website) and some design requirements.
Get involved
Digital Grassroots runs an open program and we are always looking out for ways to partner and collaborate with related organisations and individuals around the world in order to achieve our goals. If you think you can help out in any of the areas identified above, please visit our contributors guidelines and road map and do not hesitate to reach out to us. To be a part of this awesome project, kindly ensure to read through and adhere to our code of conduct. Looking forward to having you on board!
Contact us For more information, or perhaps you have any question regarding our work, we encourage you to contact us through the contact form on our website here and our Social Media Channels :