ORG-students needs you!
Who are we?
ORG-students was set up in the melting pot of tech activism that was ORGcon 2010. A group of university students from all across the UK were present, and decided to start an offshoot of Open Rights Group. Our aims are campaigning for students’ digital rights – both in support of ORG’s wider work and in our right, with a particular focus on issues affecting students and education – as well as spreading the word to students about their digital rights.
What are we doing?
We are still much in our infancy, but growing up fast. Our target is to have a campaign ready to roll for late September to early October, to run during Freshers. This aims to inform people about the work of the ORG, and drum up more support and members to take our future campaigns further, whilst educating students old and new about the basics of digital rights.
How can I help?
We desperately need more people to help! We hold regular IRC meetings, and have our own channel, #ORG-students, on irc.freenode.net. We have a mailing list, too (ORG-students@lists.openrightsgroup.org). If you’re a student, an academic, or have an interest in helping out, please come and talk to us. We are particularly interested in ideas for future campaigns.
Our next IRC meeting is on Tuesday 3rd of August, at 2000BST on #ORG-students, irc.freenode.net.
See you there!