Keeping the Party Purposeful

So far we’ve been able to do it but [we] still need to give ourselves more space to reflect and allow our infrastructure to grow along with us. So, I guess you can say we’re at this exciting yet challenging tipping point with our growth.

FS: How has your work been influenced by Web 2.0 advancements?
SF: We’re about to launch a ground-breaking new project called The Hub, which some are calling the “YouTube for human rights.” It’ll be an online destination where anyone, anywhere in the world can upload or download footage [depicting] human rights [issues] to create change. It’ll open to the public this fall.

FS: What advice can you give to other organizations?
SF: I think one major reason for our success is our “open source” or nonproprietary approach to what we do. WITNESS was founded on the concept of collaboration, and we’re constantly striving to share our methodology and tools with as many human-rights and social-justice groups that could benefit from what we do.