A: Get with the Program
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Inform Yourself
One good place to start is The Digital Divide Network (www.digitaldividenetwork.org).


Decide to Participate
Realize your privilege. Motivate yourself to address the issue. Do it through the postcard campaign or via another vehicle.


Think of Someone on This Side
This Side of the Divide = the Technology Haves. Hint: Your neighbour, your boss, your Internet flirtation, your kid, your banker, your listserv, your Instant Messenger buddies.


Think of Someone on That Side
That Side of the Divide = the Technology Have Nots. Hint: Your grandmother, your cleaning lady's brother-in-law back home, your garbage man, your drycleaner, the man at the fruit stand, an developing country.


Choose Your Greeting Language
We've provided the top most spoken languages in the world. If your choice is not there, improvise by writing it yourself, and email us the greeting so we can learn it too.


Print Out the Card
It's a very simple black and white image that will easily print out. Customize your message by adding your own note if you want. Write on the blank side.


Fold + Staple
Fold as pictured below and staple or tape to the bottom two corners.


Mail + Be Aware
Affix the postage, find a mailbox, wish your postcard well. Think about the reprecussions of not having access to technology. Talk about it.
B: Get Crafty
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Choose your paper format. A link will take you to a page with an easily printable image.


A4 | 210x297mm / 8.3x11.7inches
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US Letter | 216x279mm / 8.5x11inchest
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Mandarin Chinese
Hindi
English
Spanish
Russian
Arabic
Bengali
Portuguese
Malay-Indonesian
French
Mandarin Chinese
Hindi
English
Spanish
Russian
Arabic
Bengali
Portuguese
Malay-Indonesian
French
C: Appendix
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Credits

Thank you for helping translate: Fanny Chang, Anant Kabra, Sam Malki, Manuela Reyna, Tiago Simões, Olga Slepak, Nic Tan.

Copy: Robin Bates
Design & Code: Anna Arbuckle.
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