Released on: 31, December 1969
, Author: Howcast Industry: Internet & Online Press Release Summary: And OppressionFirst-Ever Global Youth
, Audience: Internet related
York, NY-October 28, 2008-For the first time this December,leaders of pioneering youth movements from more than 10 countries will launch aglobal network of social movements against violent and oppression. From around theworld, each will travel to New York City with the mission of crafting a manual onhow to effect social change using online tools. This best-practices guide will belocated on Howcast.com, where anyone organizing a movement for change will be ableto access it.Brought together by Howcast, along with other private-sector industry leaders, theseonline-community organizers will meet to share their own experiences, discussoutreach and develop a media and public relations strategy. Featuring video and textcontent from each group's own experience, Howcast.com will create a central hubwhere movement participants can post videos and how-to guides demonstrating theirsuccessful techniques.Over the past year, anti-violence youth organizations first initiated online andthen transformed into on-the-ground movements have had growing success. In February2008, the Facebook group One Million Voices Against the FARC led to a 12million-person worldwide protest against the Colombian terrorist group. Organizedby an unemployed engineer from his bedroom computer, the largest protest inColombia's history was also the largest protest against a terrorist organization inworld history. Other social movements started online are independently makingprogress, using the power of social networks to catalyze change. These groupsrepresent a small number of civil-society movements that have been successful inthis effort, but there are thousands of groups that have yet to harness the socialpower of the web."I am excited to be a part of this summit and the opportunity to finally meet faceto face with others who have also used the web to create real change," said OscarMorales, leader of One Million Voices Against the FARC. "This summit will allow usto collaborate and create a guide to help show other youth movements how to usedigital resources to build a successful fight against violence and oppression."About the Global Youth MovementThe first annual Global Youth Movement Summit will take place in New York onDecember 3-5, 2008 bringing together representatives of the most successful onlinecampaigns that have translated into on-the-ground movements against violence andoppression. During this summit, leaders from these organizations will collaborate ona multimedia field manual of best practices, hosted on Howcast.com, to help teachother organizers across the world how to successfully bridge the digital-to-realitydivide.Conta ct:Tessa Barrera646-558-0671tessa@howca st.com
Source: Express-Press-Release.com
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