Progressive Technology Project (PTP)

Powerbase not affected by log4j vulnerability but...
https://progressivetech.org/blog/2021/12/17/log4j/

PTP and May First Movement Technology will be co-conducting a workshop, "Making It Ours: Mapping the History of Our Movement's Relationship to the Internet and Visioning Its Future," on Sunday, March 21, 2021, from 12:55 EDT to 14:25 EDT,
at the all-online LibrePlanet 2021 conference, and I hope you’ll check it out!

LibrePlanet is a conference about software freedom, happening March 20 through 21, 2021. The event is hosted by the Free Software Foundation (FSF), and brings together software developers, law and policy experts, activists, students, and computer users to learn skills, celebrate free software accomplishments, and face upcoming challenges. Newcomers are always welcome, and LibrePlanet 2021 will feature programming for all ages and experience levels.

Please register in advance at

LibrePlanet 2021 Registration | Free Software Foundation Want to support the Free Software Foundation's work? Before you register for LibrePlanet, join the FSF as an associate member. You'll be able to register for LibrePlanet gratis and enjoy other benefits as well.

We See You. We Stand With You.
https://progressivetech.org/blog/2020/06/05/we-see-you/

Check out our article published today on Medium; written by PTP's Board President/Voices Of Community Activists & Leaders (VOCAL-NY) Co-director Jeremy Saunders and PTP's ED Alice Aguilar

Beyond Covid-19 and Disaster Capitalism: Why We Need Sustainable, Secure Left Tech Infrastructure… by Jeremy Saunders, Co-Executive Director of VOCAL-NY and Board Chair of Progressive Technology Project, and Alice Aguilar, Executive…

In Nonprofit Quarterly, May First Movement Technology's Alfredo Lopez implores us to pay attention to data privacy issues during this time when so many of our social justice organizations are moving our work and our community outreach online.

Protecting Privacy in the Age of Coronavirus: Digital Tools for Nonprofits The current pandemic makes us highly dependent on digital spaces that often obliterate privacy. When privacy is at a premium, what options are there?

It's time to rethink our role as technologists and activists and the role of technology in social justice movement building strategies... check out the video by our sister organization, a nonprofit cooperative, May First Movement Technology as part of the Technology & Revolution campaign - https://techandrev.org/files/tech-and-rev.mp4

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/juneteenth-celebration-meaning-explainer

Why We Should All Be Celebrating Juneteenth Juneteenth isn’t the "other" Independence Day, it is THE Independence Day.

UPDATE on Jan 17, 2019 notice about Powerbase technical issues: the technical issues have been remedied and all sites should be back to normal. Contact PTP Support if you experience any further issues with accessing or using your database.

Attention Powerbase Users (Jan 17, 2019): PTP is experiencing a rare and temporary technical issue with our database servers. Your organization may experience error messages when trying to log into our use your Powerbase database. We are actively working on the issue and are confident it will be resolved shortly.

US Agents Shoot Tear Gas At Migrants On US-Mexico Border Children were heard screaming and coughing in the mayhem.