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The power of hashtag activism became clear in 2011, when #IranElection served as an organizing tool for Iranians protesting a disputed election and offered a global audience a front-row seat to a nascent revolution. Since then, activists have used a variety of hashtags, including #JusticeForTrayvon, #BlackLivesMatter, #YesAllWomen, and #MeToo to advocate, mobilize, and communicate. In #HashtagActivism: Networks of Race and Gender Justice, Sarah Jackson, Moya Bailey, and Brooke Foucault Welles explore how and why Twitter has become an important platform for historically disenfranchised populations, including people of color, women, and LGBTQ communities.

From both academic and practitioner angles, our panel will explore how marginalized groups, long excluded from elite media spaces, have used Twitter hashtag to advance counternarratives, preempt political spin, and build diverse networks of dissent. We’ll also hear about how existing organizations can support these grassroots movements.

Copies of #HashtagActivism are available for purchase from our bookselling partner, Solid State Books.

Speakers:

Sarah J. Jackson,
2019 National Fellow, Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½
Author, #HashtagActivism: Networks of Race and Gender Justice

Dave Karpf,
Professor of Media and Public Affairs, The George Washington University

Erin Longbottom,
Senior Manager of Campaign and Digital Strategies, National Women’s Law Center

Moderator:

Mark Schmitt,
Director, Political Reform Program, Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½