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2025 Vitaminic in Jaaklac. Committee, Council and Community

17.04.2025 | Authors: Edda Forero and Soledad Magnone

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Comite 2025

This year we start with new initiatives to strengthen the impact of the Jaaklac network in our four main lines of action linking research, education, activism and community. These practices in Critical Digital Education are based on horizontal dialogue between diverse actors to problematise digital technologies. At the same time, they encourage the participation in collective community solutions and the advocacy for the improvement of different policies in digital societies.

What’s new?

We have devised a Strategic Plan, in which the importance of creating a Committee and a Council to articulate our activities, projects and networking emerges. We introduce you to those who are part of these two spaces, promoting dialogue and creation from different countries, cultures, disciplines and generations:

Committee

Ana Arias Afro-Ecuadorian family counsellor who provides emotional accompaniment and self-care tools to women human and digital rights defenders. Co-founder of Conexión Educativa in Ecuador: an organisation that promotes critical digital literacy, mental health, social justice, gender equity and diversity.

Instagram and Facebook: @ConexionEduEC

Azeneth García Engineering student at the Monterrey Technology University in Mexico. She specialises in automation, Industry 4.0., and data analysis projects, at national and Latin American levels. She has led projects fostering critical thinking, women’s participation in STEM fields, and defending human rights.

LinkedIn: Azeneth García Méndez

Camilo Arratia Bolivian digital sociologist specialising in studies of global digital inclusion, gender, education and development. Project Analyst at Fundación Internet Bolivia and actively participates in different spaces for digital rights in Latin America. Open Internet Leaders for Democracy - Sweden Alumni - Youth LACIGF.

Daniela Salas Peruvian anti-patriarchal sociologist with experience in gender, sexuality, education and human rights. Committed to advocacy in defence and promotion of CSE and the liberating use of technologies from a decolonial approach, especially in the youth and adolescent population.

Twitter (X) and Instagram: @lematrioska

Edda Forero is a Colombian cultural anthropologist working on human rights and technology to promote ethical and inclusive practices. She is part of the Causas Digitales team since 2021, where she promotes interactive ways of building knowledge on Digital Rights.

LinkedIn: Edda Forero

Sheridan Medina Peruvian feminist educator, specialist in the design of training processes for transformation. Interested in the power of critical pedagogy for the advocacy and defence of women’s rights and diversity in Latin America.

LinkedIn: Sheridan Medina | Twitter: @sheriimedina

Soledad Magnone Uruguayan sociologist dedicated to the intersections between digital technologies, education and human rights. Director of JAAKLAC researching and advocating for critical digital education and youth participation, especially in Latin America and the Majority World.

LinkedIn Soledad Magnone | Mastodon, Twitter and Instagram: @50_0le @jaaklac

Consejo

André Sarli Postdoctoral researcher from São Paulo, Brazil. His expertise is in the interdisciplinary field of law, digital rights, children’s rights, sociology and responsible Artificial Intelligence. André is passionate about games and digital narratives. He is interested in making AI and Tech more humane and inclusive, especially for children and young people.

Thalia Rahme Lebanese Comms & Grant Management specialist with a focus on development / human & digital rights. Having initially majored in Anthropology, she has a keen interest in the urban world as well as languages from a socio-linguistic perspective and with regards to accessibility. LinkedIn Thalia Rahme | Twitter and Instagram: @Thalloula

What’s next?

This year we are looking to promote between 3 and 5 projects in Critical Digital Education. To do this we will re-launch our Community programme internationally. This will consist of collaborative activities to design, materialise and reflect on EDC practices promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in the digital age.

Would you like to be part of or learn more about the Jaaklac initiative?