Rethinking Online Social Activism: Interrupting Performative Activism (7/21)

Starts: 2021-08-19 10:00:00 | Ends: 2021-08-19 16:00:00

Rethinking Online Social Activism: Interrupting Performative Activism is a 6-hour training to talk about the use of social media as a platform for activism. In this training, we will go over examples of well-intended social media posts that have harmful impacts on BIPOC, how to interrupt other people’s problematic social media posts, and look at ways to better engage online. In addition, we will be going over how to use social media in a self-reflective manner. We will be mainly focusing on personal social media, but these lessons can be applied to the professional social media space as well. This training will include many dynamic small and large group activities to dive deep into the material. There will also be space to ask questions and plenty of breaks, including a 1-hour lunch break in the middle of the training.

This training is targeted to white folks of all genders, but BIPOC are welcome.

Please expect to sit in discomfort and reflect on your own activism and social media presence. We ask you to have your own social media ready to look at during activities and to keep your video on throughout the workshop. (If that will pose an issue with privacy or accessibility for you, please let us know.)

“I appreciated this workshop so much – social media is such a massive part of our day-to-day and leaving with some tools to actively engage with people we have relationships with who post unintentionally harmful info in a productive manner is super helpful. It might not always end the way we want, but it’s worth it to engage.”

Schedule

Thursday, August 19th, from 10-4pm PT

This is a remote training via Zoom. You can see some introductory videos on working with Zoom here.

Registration

The fee for this workshop is $250. We welcome everyone, and we ask each person to pay what you are able.

Space is limited. Register now

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Event Organizers

Carrie (She/Her)Carrie (she/her/sometimes Queen) is a Xicana Fat Femme, born in Los Angeles and raised in Portland. Carrie has been working within local fat and queer community for over 10 years and working towards racial liberation since she learned about inequity from a very early age. As a trainer, consultant and facilitator Carrie uses humor and direct communication as key components to making difficult topics more accessible to folks.

Marita (They/Them)Marita is a Seattle-raised queer Filipinx femme who centers equity, laughter and kindness in their work and life. Marita has worked primarily in non-profit social service organizations for the past 16 years, with a three year stint as an esthetician and makeup artist. They have experienced and witnessed the restorative power of connection, forgiveness, and moving through discomfort to heal harms, and they are energized by helping others in these ways. Marita lives with their cat, Maple, and finds joy on the tennis court and in bodies of water.

Details


2021-08-19 10:00:00


2021-08-19 16:00:00


$250

Lead Organizer

Aliyah Blank


Email: aliyah@resolutionsnorthwest.org

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Rethinking Online Social Activism: Interrupting Performative Activism (7/21)

Aliyah Blank

2021-08-19 10:00:00

2021-08-19 16:00:00
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