This is going to be one of my last desperate pleas for responses to be included in my senior research project. Been seeing this float around tumblr and have experience using tumblr to advance activist/political organizing goals/ideals? tell me about it!
and again - thanks to everyone who’s written in thus far. If I could send you baked goods digitally I definitely would!
Hi! So, if any of you remember I’ve been doing my senior research design, loosly, on the internet and activism. (you can get a full description there). I’ve already gotten a lot of help and tips for where I should start my research, but now I would love to include statements and short survey responses from anyone on tumblr that identifies as an activist (in ANY way - I don’t only need responses from any particular “type” of activism. I want to know what YOU do) that can explain the ways tumblr or twitter (or any online medium) act as space/supplement/channel for you and the activism/advocacy/awareness spreading work you do. If you mainly channel your activism and the work you do online - I’d LOVE to hear about you and your online experiences. and if you do lots of other activist things offline and in addition to the cause - please tell me!
More specifically if I could get statements on (in addition to whatever you feel is relevant):
- Ways in which you use online tools (tumblr/twitter) to facilitate/engage in counter-hegemonic/anti-heteropatricarchical racist structures, and what this has done for you/your ability to be an activist
- How has online tools connected you to a wider network of activists / a safe space for your activism/advocacy
- Have you ever used the internet, twitter or tumblr to raise money and/or awareness for any causes/non-profits/campains that meant a lot to you/that you have been working for? How do you feel your efforts affected the overall movement?
- Used your online space to advertise for a ralley/conference/activist even and then used that same space to re-connect, debrief about even afterward
- Gotten in any cool twitter arguments with prominent figures over an issue you care about? (I know this happens a lot with pro-choice advocacy and hash tags like #mooreandme)
- just plain tell me how maybe the things you learned, or resources you may have found on the internet has made you a better activist overall
and basically just send me any messages with any experiences that you believe would be vital to be included in my research. Obviously I really believe in what I’m researching or I wouldn’t have picked this topic - but I also need to graduate college in a few weeks so, if that’s an added motivating factor to you going to the above link or clicking here and hitting submit, by all means!
No story is insignificant.
and of course, thanks in advance!
Hey! just my daily shameless self promotion of the voices and responses I still need for my research project. All of those who have written in so far, thanks SO MUCH. I’m curious to hear from anyone who has participated in walks or rallys (or even organized their own) through social media. Well, that and literally any other experience of internet merging with activism. I’m already learning a lot, keep them coming!
Hi! So, if any of you remember I’ve been doing my senior research design, loosly, on the internet and activism. (you can get a full description there). I’ve already gotten a lot of help and tips for where I should start my research, but now I would love to include statements and short survey responses from anyone on tumblr that identifies as an activist (in ANY way - I don’t only need responses from any particular “type” of activism. I want to know what YOU do) that can explain the ways tumblr or twitter (or any online medium) act as space/supplement/channel for you and the activism/advocacy/awareness spreading work you do. If you mainly channel your activism and the work you do online - I’d LOVE to hear about you and your online experiences. and if you do lots of other activist things offline and in addition to the cause - please tell me!
More specifically if I could get statements on (in addition to whatever you feel is relevant):
- Ways in which you use online tools (tumblr/twitter) to facilitate/engage in counter-hegemonic/anti-heteropatricarchical racist structures, and what this has done for you/your ability to be an activist
- How has online tools connected you to a wider network of activists / a safe space for your activism/advocacy
- Have you ever used the internet, twitter or tumblr to raise money and/or awareness for any causes/non-profits/campains that meant a lot to you/that you have been working for? How do you feel your efforts affected the overall movement?
- Used your online space to advertise for a ralley/conference/activist even and then used that same space to re-connect, debrief about even afterward
- Gotten in any cool twitter arguments with prominent figures over an issue you care about? (I know this happens a lot with pro-choice advocacy and hash tags like #mooreandme)
- just plain tell me how maybe the things you learned, or resources you may have found on the internet has made you a better activist overall
and basically just send me any messages with any experiences that you believe would be vital to be included in my research. Obviously I really believe in what I’m researching or I wouldn’t have picked this topic - but I also need to graduate college in a few weeks so, if that’s an added motivating factor to you going to the above link or clicking here and hitting submit, by all means!
No story is insignificant.
and of course, thanks in advance!
So i’m going to keep reblogging this to make sure that any self-identified actvists who are willing to help me out see this =)
I need a ton of responses so I apologize in advance for the constant self promotion throughout these next few days :/ But i’ll stop clogging your dashboards as soon as people start sending quotes in, YAY!
Hi! So, if any of you remember I’ve been doing my senior research design, loosly, on the internet and activism. (you can get a full description there). I’ve already gotten a lot of help and tips for where I should start my research, but now I would love to include statements and short survey responses from anyone on tumblr that identifies as an activist (in ANY way - I don’t only need responses from any particular “type” of activism. I want to know what YOU do) that can explain the ways tumblr or twitter (or any online medium) act as space/supplement/channel for you and the activism/advocacy/awareness spreading work you do. If you mainly channel your activism and the work you do online - I’d LOVE to hear about you and your online experiences. and if you do lots of other activist things offline and in addition to the cause - please tell me!
More specifically if I could get statements on (in addition to whatever you feel is relevant):
- Ways in which you use online tools (tumblr/twitter) to facilitate/engage in counter-hegemonic/anti-heteropatricarchical racist structures, and what this has done for you/your ability to be an activist
- How has online tools connected you to a wider network of activists / a safe space for your activism/advocacy
- Have you ever used the internet, twitter or tumblr to raise money and/or awareness for any causes/non-profits/campains that meant a lot to you/that you have been working for? How do you feel your efforts affected the overall movement?
- Used your online space to advertise for a ralley/conference/activist even and then used that same space to re-connect, debrief about even afterward
- Gotten in any cool twitter arguments with prominent figures over an issue you care about? (I know this happens a lot with pro-choice advocacy and hash tags like #mooreandme)
- just plain tell me how maybe the things you learned, or resources you may have found on the internet has made you a better activist overall
and basically just send me any messages with any experiences that you believe would be vital to be included in my research. Obviously I really believe in what I’m researching or I wouldn’t have picked this topic - but I also need to graduate college in a few weeks so, if that’s an added motivating factor to you going to the above link or clicking here and hitting submit, by all means!
No story is insignificant.
and of course, thanks in advance!
Hi! So, if any of you remember I’ve been doing my senior research design, loosly, on the internet and activism. (you can get a full description there). I’ve already gotten a lot of help and tips for where I should start my research, but now I would love to include statements and short survey responses from anyone on tumblr that identifies as an activist (in ANY way - I don’t only need responses from any particular “type” of activism. I want to know what YOU do) that can explain the ways tumblr or twitter (or any online medium) act as space/supplement/channel for you and the activism/advocacy/awareness spreading work you do. If you mainly channel your activism and the work you do online - I’d LOVE to hear about you and your online experiences. and if you do lots of other activist things offline and in addition to the cause - please tell me!
More specifically if I could get statements on (in addition to whatever you feel is relevant):
and basically just send me any messages with any experiences that you believe would be vital to be included in my research. Obviously I really believe in what I’m researching or I wouldn’t have picked this topic - but I also need to graduate college in a few weeks so, if that’s an added motivating factor to you going to the above link or clicking here and hitting submit, by all means!
No story is insignificant.
and of course, thanks in advance!
…just like I dont think that feminism will lead to an oppressive matriarchy. Or the animal rights movement will turn everyone into a vegan. Its just not going to happen.
And people who claim thats the way we are headed dont really even think that, they are just trying to put down a movement that they dont agree with. They are trying to make us defeat ourselves by making us look like the bad guys.
Sometime when you are fighting something you have to aim way past the point where you want to be. Past the point where its possible to be. Do I think its possible to have a perfect world free of sexism and descrimination? Free of pain and fear and hate? Probably not. But I want that world to be real, and so I will try to make it reality. If I fall short then I have still done something good.
The holiday season is upon us, which means it’s time for SAFER and V-Day’s second annual Winter Break Challenge. We know what student activists are against. Now we want to know what you’re for.
This winter break, SAFER and V-Day are asking you to participate in the Campus Accountability Project (CAP) to hold your school accountable for preventing and responding to sexual violence on your campus. Register at www.safercampus.org and submit your school’s sexual assault policy to the CAP database using an easy, step-by-step policy review form. CAP helps you identify the gaps in your school’s policy and inspires concrete ideas for action on your campus.
Currently, the CAP database houses 233 policies in an online, public and searchable database, which details what colleges and universities are doing to prevent, reduce and respond to sexual violence. The database publicly recognizes the successes of some schools’ sexual assault policies while also highlighting flaws. For the Winter Break Challenge, SAFER and V-Day are asking current students and recent alums to submit their schools into the CAP database to reach a goal of 300 published policies. Soon we’ll be able to look at all of the schools in the database and report back on trends across the country—your participation is key part of this national conversation.
Spread the word =)
This seems like a great opportunity for college sophomores and juniors! [as I just sit here and bask in my jealousy]
The Drum Major Institute is recruiting the next generation of policy
leaders!The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy created DMI Scholars to identify progressive college activists from underrepresented communities and train them in the skills necessary to succeed in entry-level public policy positions. We are pleased to announce that applications are now available for the 2012 Class of DMI Scholars! To apply, please download the application here: http://bit.ly/DMIScholars2012
*DMI Scholars is a “Public Policy 101” for young people who want to keep
our country moving forward.* Our two-week DMI Scholars Summer Institute will be in New York City during Summer 2012. There, Scholars will learn to approach problems through a policy lens and meet people on the frontlines fighting for fair and just public policy. After our intensive summer training, we will help students throughout the year explore careers in the field through internships and follow-up trainings.With DMI’s network and expertise, DMI Scholars will become the future
Legislative Directors, Policy Analysts and Advisors who fuel the
progressive movement with new ideas and effective advocacy.Applicants should be sharp, creative college sophomores and juniors with a passion for changing the world, strong communication skills, and an
interest in exploring public policy as a vehicle for their activism. We
strongly encourage students of color, immigrants, members of the LGBTQ community and students from low-income and working class backgrounds to apply. All expenses are paid.* *
*Application deadline: January 31, 2012.*
Download the application at http://bit.ly/DMIScholars2012. To apply, please send application materials to abranche@drummajorinstitute.org.
See, here’s the thing that I love about people of color and white women: we’re hopeful every time a new protest or movement comes along that, like Occupy, speaks to us. We get involved. We organize. We take on leadership. We fight. We stick around, even when racism, sexism, and homophobia become explicit. In other words—when white male dominance is challenged and subsequently, (and staunchly) defended—we hang in there.
Because it always happens.
—
Queer Black Feminist - Solidarity, White (Male) Privilege and Occupation
ALWAYS happens. But people wanna act brand new each and every time this shit happens
Winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for her peace activism that brought an end to the Civil war in Liberia in 2003.
Leymah Gbowee started a women’s right movement where women protested day in and day out to end the suffering of the people in her country. Very inspiring and incredible woman.
Please visit her website: http://leymahgbowee.com/ and pick up a copy of her book Mighty Be Our Powers
Help Students Active For Ending Rape (SAFER) provide college students with a campus SAFE from sexual assault and non-accountability!
This past year, SAFER was proud to train and support activists at the New School during their movement towards successfully reforming their college sexual assault policy. These students know how crucial it is to have that supportive ally to assist them through the end. This is exactly the kind of consistent guidance that SAFER’s trainings and free Activist Mentoring Program provide students throughout their policy reform campaigns.
This fall we already have four schools lined up for trainings and on campus sexual assault and organizing. The demand for our trainings and mentoring is quickly growing and we need your help to meet this increasing need. We need your help to reach our goal of raising $7,000 to ensure that we are accessible to all students who want to work with us.
For over 10 years, SAFER has been supporting student activists across the country as they fight for better sexual assault policies on their college campus. As an organization whose roots originated from Columbia University students fighting for change on their campus, we know how vital widespread support is to the success of a campaign.
Will you help SAFER continue to be an ally to future student activists?
From activist trainings, to our free mentoring program and Activist Resource Center, to the SAFER/V-Day Campus Accountability Project, we have been working hard to create and provide the tools students need to bring lasting change to their campuses. Show your support and help us reach our goal of $7,000 raised to fund activism at its roots.
