New York City 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Perspectives from the Front Lines
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Columbia University School of Law (Morning) |
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Welcome RemarksMatthew Waxman, Associate Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
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Opening RemarksJason Liebman, CEO Howcast and Co-Founder Alliance for Youth Movements |
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Keynote - Facebook: Origins and Tools for Social ChangeFacebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz will reflect on the origins of Facebook and share his perspective on how the organization has grown into one of the world’s most important tools for social and political change. Dustin will also be fielding questions.
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Intro to Building a Movement Against Terrorism/James_K._Glassman">James K. Glassman, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Remarks about the importance of using social networks to create social change and combat violent extremism. Setting the stage for Oscar Morales and One Million Voices Against the FARC. The Under Secretary will also be fielding questions. |
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Keynote - Building a Movement Against TerrorismOscar Morales, Founder of “One Million Voices Against the FARC” Oscar Morales, founder of the One Million Voices Against the FARC movement, will discuss how in just one month, he used online platforms and new media to build the largest movement against a terrorist organization in the history of the world. Oscar will also be leading a discussion. |
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Perspectives: Building a Global MovementSession will feature organizations, which while originating from humble beginnings online, have evolved into successful transnational non-profits. Panel:
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Screening of Howcast video “How to Be an Effective Dissident”
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Overcoming Adversity, A Case Study from EgyptA discussion about Egypt’s pro-democracy youth movements and the importance of the online space in Egypt to speak out in favor of democracy and human rights. Moderator: Matthew Waxman, Associate Professor of Law, Columbia Law School |
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Perspectives: Addressing Violence at HomeSession will focus on groups that have used online platforms to address domestic violence at home. Each group will speak for 10 minutes and Whoopi Goldberg will then lead a discussion. Panel:
Moderator: Whoopi Goldberg, Host of ABC's "The View"
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Screening of Howcast video “How to Smart Mob”
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Perspectives: Taking Action to Address Political ProcessSession will focus on groups that have organized to address a political situation, increasing transparency and diversity in the political process. Panel:
Moderator: Luke Russert, NBC
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Perspectives: Mobilizing in a Challenging EnvironmentThe panel represents groups who have been effective at mobilizing in challenging environments. Panel:
Moderator: Nicole Lapin, CNN |
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Wrap Up |
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Red Carpet, MTV Studios, Time Square |
Friday, December 5, 2008
Best Practices and Moving Forward
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Columbia University School of Law |
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Day 3 Introductory Remarks |
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How to Begin: Taking It to the StreetsCreating or responding to events (local, national, global) to get a movement off of the ground. Crafting a movement’s short and long-term goals. Planning activities, events, marches, protests, both traditional and innovative, and transitioning to new issues and methods after short-term objectives are met. Panel:
Moderator: Larry Diamond, Journal of Democracy and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution |
Rebooting Politics 2.0: A Conversation with the Obama Campaign's New Media TeamThe 2008 Presidential Campaign saw unprecedented use of new media tools to engage young people in the presidential campaign. The lessons learned from the campaign have broader applicability than just politics as they are some of the same approaches being used by civil society movements all across the world. We will sit down with some of the critical people behind President-elect Obama's new media team to hear their perspective. Panel:
Moderator: Micah Sifry, Personal Democracy Forum |
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Break-out Sessions: Building New Movements OnlineSession will bring together delegates and observers for a working session on how observer organizations can build an online component to their existing grassroots efforts. |
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How to Get Media Attention: Engaging and Inspiring the MediaSession to focus on reaching out to and using the media to enhance a movement’s exposure and engage the broader public. Focused on how to get the media involved, what the media can do, and ways to engage them. Panel:
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Utilizing Digital Media for Social ChangeSession will look at new digital media platforms and how they can be leveraged to affect social change. Panel:
Moderator: David Kirkpatrick, Senior Editor Fortune Magazine |
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Screening of Howcast video “How to Circumvent an Internet Proxy”
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How to Stay Safe: Safety, Law, and Security for the Social MovementSession to focus on the safety issues (both internet and government related) regarding the administration and engagement of youth oriented social movements in hostile or challenging environments. How to protect privacy, ensure safety of membership, avoid being shut-down, etc. Panel:
Moderator: Shaarik Zafar, Department of Homeland Security |
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Breakout Sessions: Moving ForwardDelegates will convene to discuss the major deliverables from the summit and a plan of action for moving forward. Session will also focus on observer organizations—who they are, what they have learned, and what they will go back to their respective countries to do in light of the summit—building grassroots movements based online which harness the tools they have learned at the conference. |
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Closing Remarks |
