Presenters: Anjali Taneja, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Jasmine Cabot, Aishah Shahidah Simmons
Moderator: brownfemipower
Technology as an organizing tool is often presented as only accessible to people with privilege. The reality is that working class and poor women of color organizers are using the internet in powerful ways-- through blogs, vlogs, community forums and podcasting. However the belief that technology is inherently inaccessible is deep-rooted. As a result, online / offline organizing efforts are often detached from each other. How can the media projects and organizing work of women of color online strengthen the work taking place in the streets, and vice versa? What has already been done to bridge this gap? What do we need to do moving forward?
This panel will put forward a vision for how the combined forces of online organizing and offline organizing can build a movement to end violence against women of color and create a new society based on liberation and love. Then it will invite lively discussion around the nitty gritty of what we need to do to make that happen.
