🌐 Digital Shadows: Take Back Control!
Protect Your Voice. Empower Your Story.
Your data. Your voice. Your control. Step into a day of digital awareness, creativity, and action.
About the Event:
At a time when online surveillance, disinformation and cyber threats are increasingly targeting marginalised communities (refugees, journalists and young activists), Digital Shadows: Take Back Control! offers a day of learning, creativity and empowerment.
This interactive one-day event aims to raise awareness of digital security and provide practical tools to help individuals regain control of their data, privacy and digital image.
Objectives
- Equip participants with practical digital safety skills.
- Raise awareness about online risks faced by vulnerable groups.
- Promote safe and responsible digital communication.
- Equip participants with practical digital safety skills.
- Create a space of solidarity, creativity, and collective empowerment.
Program Highlights
3:00 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. | Event introduction and opening remarks
Welcome and ‘circumstantial remarks’ from partners — Media Challenge Initiative (MCI), Nothing2Hide and Streaming Asylum (SA) — highlighting their shared vision of digital security, inclusion and empowerment of marginalised voices.
3:20 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | ‘Our stories, our shields’
Participatory dialogue exploring the digital challenges faced by journalists, young refugees and activists. Participants share their experiences and discuss strategies for safer and more resilient digital practices.
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | ‘Why Privacy is Political’ – Presentation by Elezardc
A 30-minute presentation dissecting the politics of privacy — examining how surveillance, censorship and power dynamics shape the digital lives of individuals and communities.
4:30pm – 6:30pm | Interactive spaces (simultaneous)
Participants are free to move between the following stations and experiences:
🎯 Hacker Escape Tent (Nothing2Hide):
A hands-on simulation where participants are confronted with real phishing and security traps to learn practical countermeasures in a fun and immersive way.
🎨 DIY posters and murals:
Using paints, brushes and panels, participants create visual posters promoting digital security and privacy awareness, transforming learning into art.
🎙️ ‘My Digital Minute’ (MCI Radio):
A one-minute clip recorded live with MCI Online Radio, in which participants share their best digital security tips or their thoughts on what privacy means to them.
🛡️Digital Security Bootcamp (Streaming Asylum)
Fast-paced, hands-on training on password management, two-factor authentication, encrypted messaging, and recovery after a hack.
☕ Cocktail and networking session:
A relaxed space where participants, partners and speakers can meet, exchange ideas and discuss future collaborations over refreshments.
6:30pm – 9:00pm | Film screening and closing
Screening of Citizenfour or Coded Bias, followed by popcorn, coffee and a thoughtful conversation about privacy, technology and digital rights in today’s world.
Questions?
If you have any questions about the event, the registration process, or your eligibility, don’t hesitate to reach out.
📩 Email us at streamingasylum@gmail.com or send us a message on our social media platforms.
We’re here to help and look forward to hearing from you!
WhatsApp number: +256 783 693 150