WITNESS + The Civic Beat
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The Civic Beat was invited to WITNESS' headquarters in Brooklyn to present on the importance of memes for social justice. Ben Valentine covered the value these memes bring to communities around the world, gave a quick world-tour of some exciting examples of social justice memes, and also shared about The Civic Beats' open community archive for documenting these memes, called The Sandbox, which is in the initial stages of development.
Transcript of WITNESS + The Civic Beat
- 1. Ben Valentine @bennnyv @thecivicbeat
2. "The goal is not to communicate, express, or inform, but instead to perform all those local identities, values, ways of life, cultural practices, and forms of interaction." -Clemencia Rodriguez 3. Signaling our preferences to others is a key dimension of human action." @Zeynep 4. "Power is the ability not just to tell the story of another person, but to make it the definitive story of that person." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 5. Memes for Justice: World Tour 6. @DCKehran@Siteiya 7. #TweetLikeAForeignJournalist several foreign journalists reported dead from boredom across the country. #TweetLikeaForeignJournalist: Peace erupts in various parts of Kenya. The government is asking the international community to assist. #TweetLikeAForeignJournalist BREAKING: Masked men with sticks spotted fighting violently at a Fencing club. More to follow. 8. #HoodiesUp www.mhoodies.org 9. @Bennnyv @theCivicBeat
