OneWebDay in a box

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So you want to help with OneWebDay? This page provides a OneWebDay starter kit for enthusiastic organizers who are ready to get down to business.

If you're still trying to understand the spirit of OneWebDay, or you're looking for something that you can do as an individual, scroll down to see our 40 Ways to Celebrate OneWebDay.

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[edit] OneWebDay Starter Kit

Here's how to add your local OneWebDay event to our global network of events:

[edit] Create your event home page on this wiki

If your city is not listed on the Main Page, enter the city name into the form below to create a dedicated city page.


Then edit your new home page, including information about who you are and what you plan to do. Even if you don't quite have plans yet, just let us know you're interested. Be sure to keep your page updated as your project progresses.

[edit] Get wired into the movement

OneWedDay has communications outposts in a number of web communities. Here is a list of ways you can keep up with what's going on:

If you know of another place where OWDers are chatting or collaborating, add it to this list.

[edit] Spread the Word

OneWebDay is an open event, and anyone can join in the fun in whatever way works for them. Reach out to all of your contacts around the globe and send them this way. Look at our list of events from last year. There's no reason we can't have a OneWebDay event in lots more places.


[edit] 40 ways to celebrate

OneWebDay, September 22, every year, is a day for celebration of the global internet. The net consists of people, interacting to create beautiful things and to teach each other and learn about the world. All around the world, local communities and groups will find innovative ways to celebrate the net and vow to keep it free and growing. Here are some ways you can participate:

  • 1. Ask your mayor or city council to pass a resolution recognizing OneWebDay.
  • 2. Send a link to your favorite site to friends and family.
  • 3. Create a new site that aggregates links provided by members of your local group.
  • 4. Hold a rally and invite speakers to talk about ways in which the net has changed and will change our lives.
  • 5. Post pictures of your celebration to the OWD site.
  • 6. Get together in person with people you communicate with online.
  • 7. If you are a teacher, ask your students to write essays about how the net has improved their lives and/or about threats to the net.
  • 8. If you are a student, invite a speaker to address your class or a lunchtime rally.
  • 9. Put a OWD sticker on your car.
  • 10. Wear a OWD button.
  • 11. Buy and wear a OWD tee shirt.
  • 12. Write a letter to a legislator urging that the law should protect the free flow of information on the internet.
  • 13. Send a celebratory email to someone you know in another country and ask them to pass it along.
  • 14. Send a contribution to OneWebDay at the address provided at onewebday.org
  • 15. Write a OWD song or anthem.
  • 16. Write a OWD poem.
  • 17. Write an essay on what it means to be a good netizen.
  • 18. Hold a OWD party or rally in a virtual world.
  • 19. Bake a OWD cake.
  • 20. Take someone to lunch – just because it’s OWD.
  • 21. Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper.
  • 22. Post a comment on the OWD blog.
  • 23. Read a book about the internet.
  • 24. Spend some time learning how to create an interactive web page.
  • 25. Add some links or features to your own favorite social network site.
  • 26. Change the signature block of your emails to include “Celebrate OneWebDay September 22!”
  • 27. Learn how to use online translation sites and read a web page written in a foreign language that you can’t otherwise read.
  • 28. Add a few more blogs, including some you expect to disagree with, to your RSS aggregator.
  • 29. Upload a OWD movie to YouTube or your favorite video hosting site.
  • 30. Play some music on your favorite instrument, record it, and upload the audio file so others can hear it.
  • 31. Create a recipe for a OWD cookie and bake a batch.
  • 32. Write a list of the most dangerous threats to the internet and do something about them.
  • 33. Write a letter to your ISP about the importance of network neutrality.
  • 34. Help someone older than yourself get online.
  • 35. Help someone younger than yourself get online.
  • 36. Contribute to the One Laptop Per Child organization.
  • 37. Contribute to the Electronic Frontier foundation or the Center for Democracy and Technology or some other organization that fights for the freedom of the internet.
  • 38. Contribute to a politician who supports the freedom of the internet.
  • 39. Collaborate with several other people, online, to make a piece of art inspired by the net.
  • 40. Join the Internet Society.
  • 41. Communicate not only on the internet, but about the internet.

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