Re: [liberationtech] Let's reunite the kids forcibly torn from their migrant parents

2018-06-20 Thread Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes
Medecins Sans Frontieres http://www.msf.org/ are very active in MX migrant shelters Regards / Saludos / Grato Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes > On Jun 20, 2018, at 4:37 PM, jeffrey wishnie wrote: > > I also recommend reaching out to ASAP: > https://asylumadvocacy.org/ > > -- > Jeff

Re: [liberationtech] Let's reunite the kids forcibly torn from their migrant parents

2018-06-20 Thread Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes
Actually I’ve been thinking off and on with others, and submitted very high level proposals for funding in a few places, for a combo refugee family / volunteer information management system, mostly mobile-cloud. Mobile: most refugee families’ only Internet is via mobile+free WiFi They share a

Re: [liberationtech] Let's reunite the kids forcibly torn from their migrant parents

2018-06-20 Thread jeffrey wishnie
I also recommend reaching out to ASAP: https://asylumadvocacy.org/ -- Jeff Wishnie On June 20, 2018 at 1:11:02 PM, Yosem Companys (ycompa...@gmail.com) wrote: Note that I'm doing this in a personal capacity and NOT representing or speaking for Stanford in any way. This is just to kickoff a

Re: [liberationtech] Let's reunite the kids forcibly torn from their migrant parents

2018-06-20 Thread Yosem Companys
Interesting. Thanks for the info, Andrés. Please keep us posted, should you hear any updates. I've already reached out but have yet to receive a response. That said, I'm sure they're getting swamped with more important emails than mine (e.g., the families affected). On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 2:57

Re: [liberationtech] Let's reunite the kids forcibly torn from their migrant parents

2018-06-20 Thread Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes
It’s apparently flooded, so you might as well call them at San Antonio hq ‭+1 (210) 226-7722 Regards / Saludos / Grato Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes > On Jun 20, 2018, at 4:57 PM, Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes > wrote: > > You can contact the following organization: > > RAICES >

Re: [liberationtech] Let's reunite the kids forcibly torn from their migrant parents

2018-06-20 Thread Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes
You can contact the following organization: RAICES https://www.raicestexas.org/ They were actually working on an “intake app” not sure how far they went, with the permanent state of emergency we’re in in Texas regarding refugee families.. Regards / Saludos / Grato Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco

Re: [liberationtech] Let's reunite the kids forcibly torn from their migrant parents

2018-06-20 Thread Yosem Companys
That would be awesome! Thanks, Catherine. On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 1:58 PM, Catherine Forsman wrote: > Thank you for doing this! Let me contact someone I worked with > volunteering after Karina and who has a lot of knowledge about the > difficulties of coordinating separated families. The

Re: [liberationtech] Let's reunite the kids forcibly torn from their migrant parents

2018-06-20 Thread Catherine Forsman
Thank you for doing this! Let me contact someone I worked with volunteering after Karina and who has a lot of knowledge about the difficulties of coordinating separated families. The coordination effort is quite difficult, but perhaps, even if one child finds their parent, it is worth everything.

Re: [liberationtech] Let's reunite the kids forcibly torn from their migrant parents

2018-06-20 Thread Yosem Companys
P.S. Suzanne just informed me that the domain is Helpfind.us... On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 1:10 PM, Yosem Companys wrote: > Note that I'm doing this in a personal capacity and NOT representing or > speaking for Stanford in any way. > > This is just to kickoff a conversation... > > Suzanne has

Re: [liberationtech] Stanford Liberationtech Needs Your Help

2018-06-20 Thread carlo von lynX
I support Moritz' invitation anytime and would feel more inclined to invest energy into libtech if it cuddles up under his umbrella of related projects. On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 01:43:06PM -0700, Yosem Companys wrote: > > If it ain't broken, don't touch the thing. "Stick with mailman" is what

[liberationtech] An IBM computer debates humans, and wins...

2018-06-20 Thread Cecilia Tanaka
Computers beat humans at chess in 1997, beat humans at Jeopardy in 2011, and beat the world's best Go players in 2017. This Monday, a computer won a far more nuanced competition: debate. https://cnet.co/2K4OyC9 -- "Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your