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Will Roberts Weekly Radio Hour Rachna Choudhry of PopVox
PopVox has been around for a few years, but on January 4th they launched a partnership with Participant Media’s film Promised Land for “‘Champion Community Change,’ [which] propels individuals to create change in their communities through an immersive, three-stage digital program that includes a first-ever, pro-social Facebook connect experience, a TakePart series highlighting everyday changemakers and a toolkit for community action.” PopVox is all about making it easier to communicate with your Congressional representative, and we have a feeling that will only become more critical in 2013.
The District Dish: PopVox’s Rachna Choudry
Washington Post: “The Download: Local tech execs, investors offer their 2013 forecast”
Was asked by Fast Company what I learned in 2013.
I learned how lucky I am to work with such an amazing team. That “team” includes the people past and present who make POPVOX possible, the advisors and circle of friends and family that keep us going, our investors (many of whom are also family), our friends, our clients, and those thousands of people across the country who make up our community.
Feeling very grateful.
Thanks for the photo, LUXr peeps!
POPVOX – derived from the Latin phrase vox populi, or “voice of the people” – provides an online venue for citizens to voice their opinions to Congress. As an alternative to constituent letters and phone calls, which today do little more than exasperate congressional offices and occupy their interns, POPVOX aims to become the standard tool by which congressmen “measure the pulse of their district.”
Courtney Martin, an author and strategist, leads a TEDxWomen panel in a discussion about the “Power of Technology to Transform Democracy.”
Popvox, which was founded in 2010, is part of a growing movement among D.C. professional services veterans to create new businesses aimed at helping the masses — rather than well-heeled corporations — influence public policy. Though their business models are different, their founders — who come from traditional backgrounds such as lobbying, government, public affairs and technology — share a common objective to make policymaking more accessible and transparent.
