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The SlashRoots Foundation is a social impact organization that designs digital tools and services to transform the relationship between Caribbean governments and their citizens.

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  • Learning to play like yourself…updating SlashRoots’ mission

    Learning to play like yourself…updating SlashRoots’ mission

    Last year SlashRoots reexamined why we did this work, what success looked like for us and the communities we wanted to impact. Here is…
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    Matthew McNaughton
    Mar 30, 2022
    OGP Jamaica: Open Call for Civil Society Nominations

    OGP Jamaica: Open Call for Civil Society Nominations

    Nominate civil society representatives to help oversee the development of Jamaica’s first OGP National Action Plan. Closes June 14, 2021
    Go to the profile of Denique Soutar
    Denique Soutar
    Jun 7, 2021
    Civil Society Coalition outlines key reforms of NIDS Bill to Parliament

    Civil Society Coalition outlines key reforms of NIDS Bill to Parliament

    On Wednesday, March 31, 2021 The NIDS Focus Coalition will present before Jamaica’s Parliament on the National ID Bill
    Go to the profile of Matthew McNaughton
    Matthew McNaughton
    Apr 5, 2021
    Tell Your MP what matters to you

    Tell Your MP what matters to you

    Too many of us are accustomed to not having a voice, leaving officials (whom we may or may not have voted for) to make decisions that…
    Go to the profile of Denique Soutar
    Denique Soutar
    Jan 23, 2019
    Fixing Castries’ traffic problem, but what about Kingston!?

    Fixing Castries’ traffic problem, but what about Kingston!?

    I’m writing this in-between flights on the way back from St Lucia where we just held our first open data meet-up, part of a six-month…
    Go to the profile of David Soutar
    David Soutar
    Aug 20, 2018
    When you’re an intern actually doing something useful

    When you’re an intern actually doing something useful

    For the past two months I’ve been ‘the SlashRoots intern’. While I haven’t gotten to make any coffee or do filing; I have been working on a…
    Go to the profile of Dominique Lyew
    Dominique Lyew
    Aug 10, 2018
    What’s in it for me? New Citizen Rights in the Data Protection Act

    What’s in it for me? New Citizen Rights in the Data Protection Act

    At our recent Data Protection Act Town Hall, two common sentiments shared among the presenters and participants were: Too few Jamaicans…
    Go to the profile of Matthew McNaughton
    Matthew McNaughton
    Jun 3, 2018
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