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We Created a CC Style Guide; It’s Yours to Remix
by Victoria Heath About CC post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC_StyleGuide_2019_Covercrop-1024x545.jpg)
Crafting and maintaining a consistent style is essential to establishing and promoting an organization’s brand. As with any organization, Creative Commons’ (CC) brand should help CC build trust with its stakeholders and the broader open movement, as well as maintain and grow CC’s reputation, legitimacy, and leadership in the Global Commons. With that in mind,…
Introducing CC Accidenz Commons: An Open-Licensed Font
by Claudio Ruiz Uncategorized post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-28-at-12.08.03-PM-1024x696.png)
The story of the Creative Commons (CC) logo is linked to the story of CC. In 2002, just one year after the founding of CC, designer Ryan Junell accomplished the difficult task of designing a logo that is distinctive, yet teaches through its design. Over time, the CC logo has become a recognizable symbol of…
We Support the UNESCO Recommendation on OER
by Cable Green, Jennryn Wetzler Copyright, Open Education post![A group of students and a teacher](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/37600274172_259be2a06d_k-1024x683.jpg)
As part of the drafting committee, Creative Commons (CC) fully supports the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER) on which the member states will vote at the 40th session of the UNESCO General Conference in November. We laud the multitude of national governments and open education experts engaged in the development of this international…
Early Bird Registration is Open for the CC Global Summit!
by Alison Pearce Events post![Global Summit 2020](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/GlobalSummit2020_SocialFeature-1-1024x536.png)
The 2020 Creative Commons (CC) Global Summit is returning to Lisbon, Portugal on 14-16 May! We’ve grown the CC Global Summit every year as hundreds of leading activists, advocates, librarians, educators, lawyers, technologists, and more have joined us for discussion, debate, workshops, planning, talks, and community building. Whether you’re new to the community or a…
How to Get Involved With the 2020 CC Global Summit
by Alison Pearce Events post![2019 CC Global Summit volunteer helping a participant](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CC-Global-Summit-2019-Registration.jpg)
The 2020 Creative Commons (CC) Global Summit is returning to Lisbon, Portugal on 14-16 May, co-hosted by CC Portugal. You can help bring the CC Summit to life for our participants by volunteering for a role on one of our planning committees. Please note: These are remote positions; you do not need to be located…
Robin McKenna’s GIFT Documentary Opens Today
by Eric Steuer Open Culture post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/gift.png)
At the 2017 Creative Commons Global Summit, we hosted a special session with filmmaker Robin McKenna that featured an early look at her then-in-progress documentary GIFT. McKenna’s film is now completed and opens today in select cities in the US. Inspired by The Gift, Lewis Hyde’s influential 1983 book about creativity and sharing (and an…
Meet Our First CC Certificate Scholarship Recipients!
by Jennryn Wetzler Open Education post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Roshan-Kumar-Karn.png)
The Creative Commons Global Network (CCGN) is a passionate community that lights up our vibrant, collaborative, global commons. The CC Network is also critical to our mission of sharing. To support CC Network members, we launched a scholarship program for CC Certificate courses. Today, we are proud to highlight our first 10 CC Certificate Scholarship…
Congratulations to Our 157 June CC Certificate Graduates!
by Jennryn Wetzler Open Education post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Cert-Grad-792x1024.png)
From June—August 2019, Creative Commons hosted eight CC Certificate classes for Academic Librarians and Educators. Participants in the classes studied Creative Commons licenses, copyright, the public domain, and open practices. Certificate students developed open licensing proficiency and deepened their understanding of the broader context for open advocacy. See examples of the assignments participants shared under…
Access to Information Is Not Universal: Here’s Why That Matters
by Victoria Heath Copyright, Open Access, Open Data post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/web-banner-9688x358_EN.jpg)
Today is the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI). You may be wondering why this day is necessary—particularly in 2019, when the average person is inundated with an estimated 34 gigabytes of information every day, from emails and text messages to Youtube videos and news programs. In fact, it’s easy to take information…
CC Names Cable Green as Interim CEO
by Molly Van Houweling About CC post![](https://creativecommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cable-1-1024x874.jpg)
Creative Commons is delighted to welcome Cable Green as the organization’s interim Chief Executive Officer. As we recently announced, Ryan Merkley has stepped down after five years of service as CEO to start a new position at Wikimedia. We are thankful to Ryan for his leadership at CC and excited for him and the Commons…