About APCWe organise our work in two programme areas:* Communications and information policy* Women's rightsAssociation for Progressive CommunicationsAPC_997df469-8301-11e7-821f-efa4935edbbcAPC is both a network and an organisation. APC members are groups and individuals working in their own countries to advance the same mission as APC. As of April 2017, APC had 51 organisational members and 30 individual members active in 75 countries...We were founded in 1990, and operated legally as a partner of the Tides Foundation until 1998, when we were incorporated as a nonprofit under Section 501 (c) (3), public charity status 170 (b) (1) (A) (vi) State of California, USA. APC is governed according to the nonprofit regulations of the State of California, even though we are an international network.APC MembersThe membership define APC's strategic priorities every four years. APC has a small staff, each living in different countries and communicating day-to-day over the internet (we have no central headquarters). APC's value and uniqueness come from the local perspectives and contact with grassroots organisations that we gain from our members and the fact that we operate as a truly virtual, international organisationTides FoundationAPC PartnersAPC values working with other people beyond our own network.United NationsConsultative status to the United Nations.United Nations Economic and Social CouncilWe are an active participant in high level international ICT policy discussions, and were granted category one consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in 1995.All people have easy and affordable access to a free and open internet to improve their lives and create a more just world._997df46a-8301-11e7-821f-efa4935edbbcTo empower and support organisations, social movements and individuals in and through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to build strategic communities and initiatives for the purpose of making meaningful contributions to equitable human development, social justice, participatory political processes and environmental sustainability._997df46b-8301-11e7-821f-efa4935edbbcHuman DevelopmentSocial JusticeParticipatory Political ProcessesEnvironmental SustainabilityNetworkingWe are aware of our own limitations as well as the power of networking.KnowledgeWhere we lack knowledge or expertise and need to learn in order to better engage challenges, we form partnerships.ExpertisePartnershipSustainabilityIn all of APC's work we encourage people to network as a means of making other activities more sustainable.SharingIf people share their experiences and skills they have greater value over a longer period and often create a ripple effect.ExperienceSkillCumulative ImpactCommunications & Information Policy_997df46c-8301-11e7-821f-efa4935edbbc1_997df472-8301-11e7-821f-efa4935edbbcWomen's Rights_47bdbc32-8368-11e7-a1c2-0173985edbbc2_47bdbdae-8368-11e7-a1c2-0173985edbbc2017-08-18https://www.apc.org/en/aboutOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net