org/sponsors/Sponsor6.md

+= Sponsor 6 =
+Title - The Library Freedom Project
+
+Contract time: February 9, 2015 - February 16, 2017
+
+== Goals ==
+Providing librarians and their patrons with
+tools and information to better understand
+their digital rights by scaling a series of
+privacy workshops for librarians.
+Private companies and the government
+increasingly control a large part of online
+communications, and as a result, society is
+facing a new set of challenges around privacy,
+surveillance, censorship and free speech. As
+stewards of information and providers of
+Internet access, librarians are in a prime position to educate patrons about their digital
+rights. The Library Freedom Project aims to
+make real the promise of intellectual freedom
+in libraries by bringing together a coalition of
+librarians, technology experts and lawyers to
+scale a series of privacy workshops for
+librarians. The workshops will provide
+librarians and their patrons with tools and
+information to better understand technology,
+privacy and law related to use of the Internet.
+
+== Activities ==
+The library Freedom Project will carry out the following activities:
+1. Develop a six-week online course about digital privacy rights and tools
+2. Record and post digital teach-ins for librarians on privacy tools
+3. Partner with the ACLU to develop an online resource for librarians seeking to understand surveillance law of their particular state
+4. Host 40 privacy workshops in 2015
+5. Host 60 privacy workshops in 2016
+6. Maintain a regularly updated website with privacy resources
+