__NOTOC__ VozMob or Mobile Voices/Voces Móviles (est. 2010) is an

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project that supports immigrant and low wage

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in the

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area in the documentation of their own stories and communities." It is "specifically aimed at those on the dark side of the

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."San Antonio Current, Nov 23-Nov 30, 2010 It enables people with

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access to send content to an internet site, and to communicate to a larger audience. It began as a

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project of the Institute of Popular Education of Southern California and the

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.Paul Abowd.
Txt & Tweet 2 Org & Inform
" Labor Notes Magazine, Iss. 370. Detroit: Jan 2010 Other affiliates include the Los Angeles Community Action Network.About Vozmob
Retrieved 2011-10-04 Story contributors record video, photos and audio content, and then "send their dispatches by phone to an email address, which directly uploads the messages to Vozmob's blog." The "VozMob content management system is a customized version of

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External links

VozMob website

VozMob code

VozMob wiki and issue tracker
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