Facebook for a Cause:Online Community Organizing
In 2013 communities exist both online and offline, and it’s important to understand the concept of cyber activism and how that can translate into support for and eventual involvement in offline efforts.
Portal 101
It’s important to understand and critically think through the information we’re consuming, and to acknowledge that not everything we are hearing or reading is news and that not all news is being written or part of the nightly news. Through the sharing of information (e.g. events, resources, networks), and the telling and sharing of stories the media isn’t covering—the local stories, the positive stories over the negative—perceptions can be changed, and each individual can help shape the future of a community.
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