A friend of mine in Greensboro, Sean Coon, has been working diligently to get a new venture called The People, Yes off the ground.   Sean has entered The People, Yes in a competition at Netsquared’s Technology Innovation Fund that could result in funding for his effort.  Take a moment to check out Sean’s post about it here, and then go to Netsquared and vote for five of the proposals that you think deserve funding.  Of course I think you should vote for The People, Yes, but I’ll trust your judgement.

FYI, here’s The People, Yes mission statement:

Our short-term mission:
To reach out to our neighbors on the other side of the digital
divide and provide the necessary training and logistics for enabling a
new online community of voices via blogging, podcasting, vlogging, etc.
We plan on directly engaging with the homeless community and folk
living at or below the poverty line, but will work with any Greensboro
resident who would like to publish their point of view.

Our longer-term mission:
Once the collaborative blog platform gets legs, we plan on
creating meshed communities of local resident’s topical interests,
while focusing on engaging both individuals and local businesses to
sponsor individual media creators. A large percentage of sponsorship
revenue would be funneled back to the content creators themselves, with
the remainder going back into programs that support the local homeless
community.

More background about The People, Yes can be found here.