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Movement Building and Grassroots Power: Mobilizing Communities of Color to Address Mis/Disinformation

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A discussion exploring the critical role that grassroots organizing and field-building must play in 2021 and beyond to address mis/disinformation with a particular focus on mobilizing communities of color.

This webinar will explore how grassroots groups and communities of color can shape US federal policy and hold lawmakers accountable, the importance of grassroots pressure on tech companies to influence their behavior, which strategies have proven effective, and how philanthropy can better support organizing and capacity building for diverse grassroots groups and communities of color.

Speakers:

  • Juanita Monsalve, Senior Marketing & Creative Director, United We Dream

  • Steven Renderos, Executive Director, MediaJustice

  • Ranada Robinson, Research Director, New Georgia Project

  • Shawn Sebastian, Senior Strategist, People’s Action

Moderator:

  • Amber French, Media Democracy Fund


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