Women With a Vision’s Executive Director Deon Haywood will be interrogating the role of social media in the movement for justice when the Tulane University Office of Multicultural Affairs and Gender & Sexual Diversity hosts its final Diversity Convocation panel on October 15th, 2014. The panel will center around the “Clicktivism” movement among youth, the realities of political mobilization, the pros/cons of the movement, amongst other things.
What: Hashtags & Retweets: Activism & Social Media
When: October 15th, 2014 at 6:30pm-8:30pm
Location: Tulane University (Kendall Cram, LBC 213)
As noted by the conveners:

Social media has become a prominent and popular tool for activism. The high potential to serve social benefits and increase opportunities to communicate quickly on a global scale allows users to access content instantly and freely. Nonetheless, does social media and “Clicktivism” really progress a movement? What abilities and what limitations exist? Can real action and real change come from clicking “like” or retweeting? As blogger Danny Sriskandarajah, Director of CIVICUS put it “The ‘handshake’ between traditional and new forms of social activism is crucial. How well will established NGOs and social movements learn to harness cutting-edge technologies? How well will the new generation of social activists learn the lessons of past struggles and ensure that the changes they want in the world are seen through and result in genuine political empowerment?”
Discussing this topic with us is contributing author for The Nation Mychal Denzel Smith author of “Black Millennials are Emerging as the ‘Movement Generation’ and “How Trayvon Martin’s Death Launched a New Generation of Black Activism” will join Tulane University professors Dr. Vicki Mayer and Dr. Mauro Porto, New York University Language Lecture Felix Manuel Burgos and Executive Director of Women With A Vision, Inc. for a moderated conversation with Tulane Professor David Ortiz.

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