Today is OneWebDay

See the press release from the OneWebDay organizers:

On the third annual "Earth Day for the Internet", communities across the country are holding events to learn about and advocate for that marvel of modern infrastructure, the Internet. It happens in the United States and around the world on OneWebDay, Monday, September 22, 2008.

"Earth Day was the model when I founded OneWebDay in 2006," says Susan Crawford, a professor of law specializing in Internet issues at the University of Michigan. "In 1969, one man asked the people to do what their elected representatives would not: take the future of the environment into their own hands." By 1972, the United States had a federal agency devoted to protecting the environment, the E.P.A., and today a worldwide citizens' movement has put the environment front and center politically. According to Crawford, "peoples' lives now are as dependent on the Internet as they are on the basics like roads, energy supplies and running water. We can no longer take that for granted and we must advocate for the Internet politically, and support its vitality personally." ...

The online hub for OneWebDay 2008 is [a place where] anyone can: plan or find out about activities in their community; learn ten things individuals can do to support the web; contribute their own stories; read posts from 100 OneWebDay ambassadors; and learn about Internet advocacy groups.…

A complete description of events worldwide, including in India, Tunisia, Australia and Europe is at the OneWebDay Wiki.…

PS:  Don't confuse this with Open Access Day, which is three weeks away on October 14, 2008.  Does anyone know of any OA-related events as part of OneWebDay?  A search of the OWD wiki turned up nothing.