December 2, 1999 | Read Time: 1 minute
A new Web site, VoxCap.com, provides information on policy issues for community activists. Developed by the VoxCap Network, a Chicago organization, the site pools information from three public-policy Web sites: Policy.com, IntellectualCapital.com, and CongressVote.com.
Visitors to the site can learn about issues in areas such as education and politics on the site’s nine channels, each devoted to a particular policy area. Each channel features news stories and studies published by organizations that work on the topic. Visitors can also participate in on-line discussion groups, read newsletters created by members, or visit the Web sites of organizations that work in particular policy areas.
From the site, visitors can also send e-mail letters to state and federal officials and to newspaper and magazine editors.
Organizations that would like to have more of a presence on the site than just a link to their own Web page can sign up free with VoxCap.com as “partnership communities.” Partners have their own pages on the site, where they can list articles and resources and set up clubs and newsletters.
By the end of the year, VoxCap.com plans to offer a new service that will allow members to volunteer or donate money to organizations on the site. Although this feature is not yet available, visitors can donate money to six different non-profit organizations as a part of the site’s “Fight Hunger Now Campaign.”
For more information: Contact VoxCap.com at (312) 787-0300; info@voxcap.com; http://www.voxcap.com.
