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This article was contributed by Shaden Abdullah, New Tactics MENA Trainer.
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Feeling drained and uninspired? Here’s a round up of 10 books by activists and academics about prioritizing resilience, happiness, healing, and creativity in human rights activism.
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With growing access to reliable mobile and Internet connections, we've seen a related increase in the use of social media, including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. These platforms all offer a solution to the same need: the desire for human connection. Yet these platforms also come with responsibilities for users and administrators (admins), such as the duty to protect the human rights of those they interact with in virtual spaces.
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This Perspective was contributed by Emily Hutchinson, former New Tactics in Human Rights Program Manager, who is now the Interim Vice President for Global Programs at the Center for Victims of Torture.
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Here at New Tactics, we believe storytelling is a valuable tool for human connection and inspiration. We recently invited the President and CEO of CVT, Dr. Simon Adams, to share how he found his way to human rights activism. Check out his story below:
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Welcome post from Melissa McNeilly, our new Project Manager for Digital Content Creation.
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In this series on hashtag activism, we have explored how hashtag activism facilitates the promotion of important days of recognition and the tactic's role in centering the voices of survivors. This last blog post in the series looks at how hashtag activism has been used to change policies, highlighting a sixteen-day Twitter campaign “We Are All Amina Filali” with the hashtag #RIPAmina.
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The #MeToo movement is an example of hashtag activism that has had a far-reaching impact, as well as both results we can celebrate and lessons we can learn from. For me, the use of hashtag activism is an efficient way of making content accessible. This social media tool makes it possible for information to be transformed into short, digestible and shareable segments. On Twitter, these segments are no more than 280 characters. Hashtags like #MeToo also enable users to quickly find other social media posts with the same tag. This creates a ripple effect. The discovery of one hashtag opens doors to other similar hashtags and issue areas. This is the impact of the solidarity that the #MeToo movement fosters; seeing so many others share their story, users might be encouraged to share their own. This brings us closer to holding oppressive systems accountable and encouraging community and individual healing.
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With the upsurge in social media use, one tactic that has seen great attention and usage is “hashtag activism.” Hashtag activism is a type of online activism that involves the use of hashtags on media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. Its main purpose is to build public support for social and political awareness and change.
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