Social Media for Reconstructing Communities in Tension
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Transcript of Social Media for Reconstructing Communities in Tension
Use of Social Media for
development of people in
Communities in Tension
By Marlon Parker
RLab
s
“A Community in Tension is where the wellbeing of Citizens are being threatened”
“Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road
comes into existence.”Lin Yutang
Impacted… 2007
Athlone Living Lab (ALL)… 2008
“A reconstructing interaction space for collaborative design, creation,
dissemination and application of knowledge for empowerment, upliftment and
development of people and
communities in or headed for tension through the use of
innovation”Reconstructed Living Lab (RLabs)… 2009
Community Social Media
Mom 3.0
SM Teens
Senior Mobile Sessions
The Reconstructed
Community Stories
Community Spaces
# Social Media Trainers: 16
# Trained in Social Media: 276
# of Mobile Subscribers: +80,000
# of Interactions: +2,500,000
Stories of Hope
Digital Voice
Community
Education
Empowerment
Upliftment
Reconstructing Citizens
Reconstructing Communities
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for.
We are the change that we seek.”
Thank Youwww.rlabs.org
www.marlonparker.co.za
Marlon Parker
@marlonparker
marlonct
+2721 469 1138 +2721 637 4037 +2776 403 4920