<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div><div><div><div style="font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><div style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><b><font size="4"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'; line-height: 17.6000003814697px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellows</span><br></font></b></div><div style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'; line-height: 17.6000003814697px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><font size="4">Open Call for 2016 Host Organizations</font></b></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'; line-height: 17.6000003814697px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><font size="4">
</font></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><font face="Open Sans" color="#000000"><span style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ford Foundation and Mozilla are excited to announce the <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://mozilla-foundation-2.forms.fm/2016-ford-mozilla-open-web-fellows-host-organization-application" target="_blank"><b>open call for applications</b></a> for 2016 host organizations for the <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://advocacy.mozilla.org/open-web-fellows/" target="_blank">Open Web Fellows Program</a>!</span></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><font face="Open Sans" color="#000000"><span style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><font face="Open Sans" color="#000000"><span style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This collaborative program is an international leadership initiative that brings together the best emerging technology talent and civil society organizations to advance and protect the open Web. The program provides an ecosystem for the next generation of open Web advocates to make an early impact while growing into the capable leaders we need as threats to digital freedom proliferate. </span></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><font face="Open Sans" color="#000000"><span style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><font face="Open Sans" color="#000000"><span style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Specifically, the goals of the Open Web Fellows program are:</span></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><font face="Open Sans" color="#000000"><span style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Produce better technical understanding among civil society and government policy-making bodies.</span></font></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><font face="Open Sans" color="#000000"><span style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Increase public awareness and understanding of Internet policy issues.</span></font></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><font face="Open Sans" color="#000000"><span style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Provide talented individuals with the opportunities to create a healthier, more trustworthy Web.</span></font></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><font face="Open Sans" color="#000000"><span style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Provide civil society organizations with the capacity and capabilities to expand their work into new horizons.</span></font></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><font face="Open Sans" color="#000000"><span style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Contribute to building a community of public interest technologists.</span></font></li></ul><div><font face="Open Sans" color="#000000"><span style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Each year, fellows spend 10 months embedded at leading advocacy organizations to lend their expertise to the field.</span></font></div></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><font face="Open Sans" color="#000000"><span style="line-height: 17.6000003814697px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Open Sans" color="#000000"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">For more information on the Open Web Fellows program and host organization responsibilities, read "</span></font><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2015/08/10/host-the-heroes-of-tomorrow/" target="_blank" style="line-height: normal;">Host the Heroes of Tomorrow</a><font face="Open Sans" color="#000000"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">."</span></font></p><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Open Sans" color="#000000"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span></font></p><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Open Sans" color="#000000"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Applications are due September 12, 2015. </span></font></p><p style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://screendoor.dobt.co/mozilla-foundation-2/2016-ford-mozilla-open-web-fellows-host-organization-application" target="_blank" style="color: white; text-align: center; letter-spacing: 1px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; padding: 10px 60px; margin: 10px 0px; display: inline-block; text-transform: uppercase; text-decoration: none;">APPLY NOW</a></p></div></div><div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">----------------------</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Becky Lentz, PhD</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt;">
Associate Professor of Communication Studies</span><br><div><font size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Department of Art History/Communication Studies</span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">McGill University</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">853 Sherbrooke Street West, Arts Building, W-265</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 0G5</span></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px;">P</span></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px;">hone 514.398.4995</span></font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px;">F</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">ax 514.398.8557</span></div><div>Email: becky.lentz@mcgill.ca</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.mcgill.ca/ahcs">http://www.mcgill.ca/ahcs</a></span></div></div></div></div></body></html>