Harnessing the Power of Social Media: A Grassroots Training for Antipoverty Advocates
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Social media has emerged as a new and effective tool for advocacy and organizing. While many organizations and individuals have begun to understand and utilize the potential that Facebook, Twitter, and other areas of new media offer, there is still a great deal of room for the antipoverty community to gain traction and presence online. In our ever-evolving political context, social media stands to be an incredible tool for advocates to stand up against budget cuts, galvanize an organized response, and capture the attention of members of Congress.
To that end, we at Half in Ten are excited to announce a social media training for grassroots advocates with Alan Rosenblatt, Associate Director of Online Advocacy for the Center for American Progress Action Fund and the Center for American Progress. Under Rosenblatt’s leadership the Center for American Progress’s new media presence earned the 2010 Markie Award for social media.
The online training will cover how the antipoverty/economic opportunity movement can use social media such as Facebook and Twitter to grow our audience, strengthen our capacity to respond to policy developments, and engage in new advocacy tactics with members of Congress.
Seminar Date:
April 14, 2011