Emily Jacobi
Emily Jacobi, Executive Director & Founder, is passionate about leveraging technology to empower marginalized communities. Beginning her career as a youth journalist at the age of 13, she has led technology, media and research projects in Latin America, West Africa, Southeast Asia and the US. Prior to founding Digital Democracy, she worked for Internews Network, AllAfrica.com and as Assistant Bureau Director for Y-Press. Emily has presented on the intersection of technology, civic engagement and human rights to US Congress, the State Department, the United Nations, and numerous universities and technology conferences. Devoted to protecting the environment and democratizing the design process, at Digital Democracy Emily works with the staff and board, oversees strategic planning and development and works directly with grassroots partners to design programs and tools that empower marginalized communities to defend their rights. Emily is based in Oakland, CA, USA.
Contact: ejacobi@digital-democracy.org
Blog: http://emilyjacobi.com/
Twitter: @emjacobi
Blogposts
- Event Recap: Earth Defenders Toolkit Global Launch
- Welcoming new team members
- Indigenous Cartography & Decolonizing Mapmaking
- Indigenous Data Sovereignty in Southeast Asia, with Pyrou Chung
- Telling a Different Story about Technology, with Ramesh Srinivasan
- Towards a Technology of Solidarity: 10 lessons from Dd's first 10 years
- The Amazon is Burning -- How, Why & What Can We Do?
- Dd's 10th Birthday Party!
- Meet the team
- “Our land is not for sale”: Waorani Resistance in Ecuador
- Announcing a Major Investment from the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation
- Digital Democracy and Coalition Partners Receive Funding to Halt Amazon Deforestation
- Reflecting on 8 Years of Digital Democracy
- Welcome Ruth Miller to the Team
- Honoring the life of Dan Fredinburg
- Drone Crash!
- Technologists & Indigenous Activists Convene in the Peruvian Amazon
- Join Dd's Mesh Network
- Help us Hack the Rainforest
- Return to Chiapas
- 2013: Year-End Review
- Update on Remote Access
- New team, new programs, new website
- Reflections from #HaitiHack - Sparking a local movement
- First Hackathon to be held in Haiti: Cross-cultural collaboration to create community-driven solutions
- Knight News Mobile Challenge Winners
- BarCamp Yangon: Sparking local innovation in Myanmar/Burma
- Resilience & Response: Sandy in Haiti, New York & Beyond
- Upcoming Haiti Hackathon: From Local Solutions to National Systems
- Remote Access: Connecting Threatened Communities
- Reporting back from Chiapas, Mexico
- Urgent action to prevent forced evictions
- Celebrating 3 years
- Burmese refugee youth photos to be featured at Indianapolis City Market
- Saying thanks to departing staff member
- Telling the stories of young refugees in Indianapolis
- Inside Digital Democracy's Strategic Planning Process
- Celebrating International Women's Day from Haiti
- Will you commit to Dd for the new year?
- We're sticking to it - Get #StuckonDd
- Celebrating two years of Digital Democracy
- Welcoming three new members to our team
- Shared experiences on opposite sides of town
- Announcing support from US Institute of Peace for Haiti Program
- Commitment to Clinton Global & A Visitor from Haiti
- Join us Wednesday - Livestream with Haitian Women
- Welcoming Our Summer Interns to the Dd Team
- Introducing Project Einstein Guatemala
- Haiti trip a great success
- Help us get media tools in the hands of Haitian women
- Traveling to Haiti to support local women
- The power of volunteers part 2: Handheld Human Rights
- The Power of Volunteers part 1: Haiti
- Launching Project Einstein Indy with support from the Clowes Fund
- The Unfortunate Simplicity of Freedom
- Mapping peace in Kenya
- Extraordinary work for Haiti and Digital Democracy iPhone app
- Reflections on Project Einstein: Haiti - personal story of earthquake survivor
- Support Ongoing Haiti Earthquake Response Efforts
- Google Changing Course in China: A Teachable Moment
- Supporting earthquake relief & update from Project Einstein Haiti
- Thanks to all who made Little Brother a success
- Introducing Project Roebling
- Virtual Worlds and Nonprofits
- Mobiles Hidden in Monks Robes
- Testifying at US Congress
- Heading to the first International Conference on Crisis Mapping
- Digital Democracy's new logo
- Project Einstein Bangladesh book extension
- The treasure of a family photograph
- On the NetSquared blog: Reaching people where they are
- D2 Logo Design Winner!
- Handheld Human Rights & the need for tech in Burma
- Mobile solutions for health care workers
- Designers wanted: What does Digital Democracy look like?
- Cast your vote for Handheld Human Rights ... again!
- D2 is a finalist in the Human Rights Center Mobile Challenge
- Innovation from New York to Amsterdam
- Vote for us in the Human Rights Center Mobile Challenge
- Chin National Day Celebration