Hi all,

I've been working remotely with Lisha Sterling with Geeks Without Bounds, Digital Smoke Signals and other orgs comprising the Tech Warrior Camp on the ground at Standing Rock. They completed their WiFi bridge to a nearby tribal-owned telecom on Saturday and so the camp now has internet, but they could use support building out an intranet mesh for ready access to Lakota educational materials, medical and legal info, camp-to-camp communications, and media storage. Nodes will be powered via a decentralized array of small solar / wind / bike power modules. The intention is to build out permanent and sustainable infrastructure at Standing Rock, to last well beyond the pipeline protest.

If you can make it out there to help, or contribute to their fund to procure necessary equipment, please do! If you're in the Bay and can donate equipment, in particular OpenWRT-comptatible routers, bring them to Sudo Room ASAP and I will ensure they make it into one of the trucks heading out there this week.

Read Lisha's post on internet @ Standing Rock: http://gwob.org/internet-at-standing-rock/

You can find more info on preparing for and being at Standing Rock, including Lisha's signal #, here:
https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Standing_Rock_Resources

Email me privately for more details on the network buildout phasing, current technical & environmental challenges, and line-of-site mapping.

Love and solidarity,

Jenny

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"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
-Laurie Anderson

"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."
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