Interested in issues like high-tech development’s impact on employment and the living wage, the use of technology in the social service system, or the connection between the information economy and prison expansion in the Capital Region? Want to design and prototype tools to spread information, ameliorate injustice, and connect concerned community members?

Join us! Popular Technology Workshops provide a space to collaborately create new knowledge and build tools to promote “high-tech equity."

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In 2006/2007, the Popular Technology Workshops have focused on the topic "Our Knowledge, Our Power: Surviving Welfare" (OKOP for short). A diverse group, made up of families on public assistance, case workers, activists, and academics, gathers together to discuss the most pressing problems with the New York State public assistance system, and develop our own solutions.

We meet at the Women's Building, 79 Central Ave. (near Robert Johnson Blvd.), Albany, NY, from 12:30 - 3 PM on the second Saturday of every month. We always provide free daycare, and, budget allowing, often provide lunch as well. Read more about recent projects here.

Upcoming meetings: Saturday April 14, Saturday May 12, Saturday June 9, Saturday July 14, Saturday August 11.