Chris Caruso

1999

Chris Caruso

Human Rights Tech

http://www.humanrightstech.org

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Civil and Human Rights

The Bold Idea:

Human Rights Tech is a non-profit organization based in Philadelphia. We leverage information technology to assist and encourage grassroots anti-poverty initiatives. We do this by training organizations to use the Internet to build capacity, create networks of support and broadcast the voices of poor people. We create web-based collaborative tools, establish community-based networking centers, and develop innovative models of the grassroots use of the Internet. The organization serves poor people and their communities, people of both genders and all races, in rural and urban areas, across the United States.

Biography:

Chris Caruso is the founder of Human Rights Tech, a non-profit organization dedicated to training grassroots community organizers how to use information technology to promote human rights and end poverty. He has trained dozens of community organizations, social movements, NGOs, trade unions, and foundations across the United States, as well as in Brazil, Canada, Germany, Mexico, South Africa, and Thailand. Chris is also a co-founder of the University of the Poor, a web-centered, community based educational institution and serves as an educator for the Poverty Initiative. Chris has been recognized as a pioneer in the grassroots use of the Internet and has received numerous grants and fellowships for his work combining technology, education, and anti-poverty organizing. He received his BA in Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania.