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Communiqué #5 : Reimagining Institutions & Multi-stakeholder Collaboration.

A core part of SlashRoots’ thesis is that we believe realising a Caribbean region that works for all requires creating new institutions and reimagining…

Jun 11 •

SlashRoots Foundation

February 2024

What We Do Together

SlashRoots' 2024 Annual Letter

Feb 5 •

Matthew McNaughton

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March 2022

Learning To Play Like Yourself

Updating SlashRoots’ Mission

Mar 30, 2022 •

Matthew McNaughton

April 2021

Civil Society Coalition Outlines Key Reforms Of NIDS Bill To Parliament

On Wednesday, April 5, 2021, The NIDS Focus Coalition — a coalition of civil society organizations — will present before Jamaica’s Parliament on the…

Apr 5, 2021 •

SlashRoots Foundation

January 2019

Tell Your MP What Matters To You

Too many of us are accustomed to not having a voice, leaving officials (whom we may or may not have voted for) to make decisions that affect not just…

Jan 23, 2019 •

SlashRoots Foundation

August 2018

Fixing Castries’ Traffic Problem, But What About Kingston!?

I’m writing this in-between flights on the way back from St Lucia where we just held our first open data meet-up, part of a six-month process to support…

Aug 20, 2018 •

June 2018

May 2018

Moving The Needle On Jamaica’s Data Use Culture

Daily we allow our data to be collected and used.

May 14, 2018 •

Matthew McNaughton

April 2018

Of Prisons, Pain, Open Data And Progress

While in Cape Town, South Africa, on a recent trip for SlashRoots, I got to tour Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned.

Apr 25, 2018 •

SlashRoots Foundation

Hope For A Better Jamaican Design Future?

The motivation for my last post was simple: the need to consider real human beings when we design and develop digital products.

Apr 18, 2018 •

Are Real People At The Heart Of Your Digital Agenda?

There’s a slow realisation among Jamaican organisations that website/app/insert-technology-of-choice-here “users” are living, breathing human beings.

Apr 6, 2018 •

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