The Toledo Spiders
Dr. Abdul Alkalimat Deborah Hamilton Joshua Hudak Pauline Kynard Aysha McWorter Michelene McGreevy Rahul Thadani Kate Williams Brian Zelip |
Individual Cyberpower: individuals learning to use information technology to advance their individual interests |
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World Wide Web | Description | |
Murchison Center | http://www.murchisoncenter.org | This is our base of operations - a community technology center in central city African-American Toledo. From here we teach different levels of computer classes, tutor children after school, organize a community garden and monthly practice tests, provide community meeting space, and hold our weekly theory seminar. |
Social Cyberpower: the use of information technology by a group to advance the interest of that group |
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World Wide Web | Description | |
Cyber Schools | http://www.murchisoncenter.org/cyberschools | Digitization project to organize the inner city schools of Toledo |
Cyber Families | http://www.murchisoncenter.org/cyberfamilies | Digitization project to organize family research projects and strengthen family ties. |
Cyber Hair | http://www.murchisoncenter.org/cyberhair | Digitization project to celebrate and organize Black hair care salons and suppliers. |
Cyber Church | http://www.murchisoncenter.org/rahul/cyberchurch/ | Digitization project to establish a firm position of the Black Church in cyberspace |
Ideological Cyberpower: ideas promoted by individual and social cyberpower |
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World Wide Web | Description | |
War or Peace: The People Debate 911 | http://www.africa.utoledo.edu/911/ | An example of a Democracy Site - a web site designed to provide online access to debates among people in local settings and conferences outside of a commercial news or governmental setting regarding the current US war against Afghanistan. |
Malcolm X : 1990 Conference | http://www.murchisoncenter.org/malcolm/ | The cyber-resurrection of a critical 1990 conference on Malcolm X. All of the speeches from the conference have been made available, as well as many photographs, songs, and study guides on Malcolm X. |
Malcolm X : Cuba | http://www.murchisoncenter.org/rahul/mx_1990/ | Documentation of the 1960 meeting of Fidel and Malcolm in Harlem and the 1990 Malcolm X habla en los 90's conference in Havana. Also included is video footage of Fidel speaking to the US delegation to the conference. |
Africana
Studies Program, University of Toledo |
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