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kmontenegro / CoopDev
Created July 3, 2013 22:33
Test Gist going through some project management thoughts
##User Centered Design
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When users don't want to be central....
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Sometimes, extra effort is required to ensure users are central to a process because users are the reason the process is taking place...
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At those times when users are fleeing the process, how can we remind the users that we are there to be shepherds, not wolves?
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At the same time, how do we force technologists to become better listners so that users understand that both personally and professionally, they are going to determine project success?
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kmontenegro / index.html
Created July 3, 2013 23:56 — forked from anonymous/index.html
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kmontenegro / index.html
Created July 3, 2013 23:57 — forked from anonymous/index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
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<title>Foo</title>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0" />
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kmontenegro / LS-FOIA
Created July 14, 2014 21:29
Legal Services FOIA Request
Pursuant to United States of America's The Freedom of Information Act (552), I hereby request the following records:
We would like information regarding the monitoring of the following internet protocol (IP) addresses used by <Organization Name>, a legal services and civil rights nonprofit: <IP Addresses> (range) and <IP Address>.
As an organization designated 501(c)(3) by the IRS, and an organization acting in the public interest, we would like any fees associated with this request waived. Additionally, we would prefer documents discovered under this request to be sent electronically.
Under the The Freedom of Information Act the government is allowed to charge only the cost of copying materials. I am requesting that you waive all applicable fees associated with this request as I believe this request is in the public interest and is not for commercial use. Release of this information is in the public interest because it will contribute significantly to public understanding of government operations a
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kmontenegro / keybase.md
Created December 6, 2014 05:02

Keybase proof

I hereby claim:

  • I am kmontenegro on github.
  • I am kmontenegro (https://keybase.io/kmontenegro) on keybase.
  • I have a public key whose fingerprint is 0C32 5FE9 D351 F9D7 0F00 66E7 3B31 FC88 52DC D807

To claim this, I am signing this object:

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kmontenegro / policeterrordatapts.md
Last active August 29, 2015 14:19
Police Terror Data Points

##Police Data Points

  • transfers from jails to hospitals
  • blind data regarding the type of injury/cause for hospitalization
  • is it possible to find the home zip code of police officers in abuse prone divisions/precincts
  • high school disappearance rate v ratio of police to citizen/resident
  • instances where a captain/WC notes an instance of perceived racial profiling
    • what’s the workflow after a senior officer has been alerted (reported to senior command/OIG/etc)
  • maps of states with data collection rules
  • maps of states with racial profiling laws
  • how much money goes into police racial profile training
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kmontenegro / SolidaridadYCritical.md
Last active August 29, 2015 14:20
Una Llamada Para Solidaridad Y Pensamiento Critico

#Una Llamada Para Solidaridad Y Pensamiento Critico ###Por Yves Gomes de Silver Spring, MD ####Traducido por Ken Montenegro ##Texto original http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/2015/04/28/immigrant-organizers-and-the-baltimore-protests-a-call-for-solidarity-and-critical-thought/

Escribo esto para mis amigos sin documentos que no apoyan las protestas en Baltimore porque han sido descritas como “violentas” o “como levantamiento”. Les pido que se desafían a sí mismos y investigar la cobertura de estas protestas en los medios.

Primor, mi apoyo y solidaridad va a la gente en las calles de Baltimore esta noche y en las noches que vienen. Mis oraciones van a Freddie Gray, su familia, y la multitud de familias negras que han sido destrozadas por las fuerzas policiales. Para los que no sepan, Freddie Gray fue un joven que se hundió en una coma luego de una paliza por manos de la policía que rompió su columna espinal. El murio despues de ser hospitalizado por cinco días en una coma.

Como es costumbre, algunos m

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kmontenegro / LASD-Oversight.md
Last active August 29, 2015 14:20
Comments at LASD Civilian Oversight Meeting In East Los Angeles

##LASD Oversight Meeting At East Los Angeles Library ###April 28, 2015 ####Comments/Notes

  • Subpeona power is critical: not important, critical. Without subpeona power, there is no oversight as compliance would be optional at best and farsical at worst.
  • A commission, if it is to objectively oversee the sheriff, must be comprised of individuals whose nexus to the criminal legal system is comprehensive rather than the proposed schemes which rely on judges, attorneys, the sheriff, and the county board of supervisors. A predominance of the members of a commission should come from the communities directly impacted by the actions of the sheriff's department. This means individuals who have had direct experience with the sheriff in an adversarial role/capacity.
  • This commission has a unique opportunity to examine what policing and police oversight should look like in the 21st century. Such a re-imagination needs to happen as successful civilian oversight models are not readily available. It would be a missed op
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kmontenegro / APABA-Policing.md
Last active August 29, 2015 14:21
APABA Policing Panel Notes

##APABA Panel Questions

  • Why does the panel have law enforcement input/representation but no community representation?
  • Where can communities of color stand in relation to law enforcement when civilian oversight models throughout the country continue to fail?
    • In Los Angeles, why does the police commission seem tone deaf or indifferent to community concerns raised at police commission meetings?
  • What action steps does the panel believe are necessary to rein in police terrorism & who should folks who want to work on that connect to?
  • As non-black folks, how does our solidarity become operational in a way that black folks can see and feel?

=== ##Post-event reflections
It's amazing how much obescience is shown to law enforcement. As long as we keep deferring to the people killing marginalized folks with impunity, we will never be free.

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kmontenegro / openletter-legalinstitutions.md
Last active August 30, 2015 18:26

#Draft: An Open Letter To Legal Institutions Working With Community Groups

This letter is written because we believe it is critical to express expectations that community groups can and should have when working with legal institutions on social change campaigns. The expectations shared in this letter factor the critical each of us brings to the fight for social justice and how, in this fight, it is important to subvert oppressive systems, not replicate them.

##Expectations: ###Transparency We can only be partners if we are not undermining each other's work. To this end, the undersigned community groups expect that any negotiations, demands, and communications that impact the work of community to be communicated to the community groups. We cannot afford to be undermined or have our work derailed by side conversations which we are central to but not a part of.

We expect there will be no back-room deals cut which undermine our work.