Opening Plenary: Beyond the Hashtag: From Online Activism to Offline Change
Presiding: Marc H. Morial, President & CEO, National Urban League
Remarks: The Honorable Stephen K. Benjamin, Mayor of Columbia, SC; President, US Conference of Mayors
Moderator: Ed Gordon, Host and Executive Producer of Ed Gordon
Panelists:
Tarana Burke, Founder, #MeToo Movement
April Reign, Senior Director of Marketing for Fractured Atlas; Creator, #OscarsSoWhite
Tamika D. Mallory, Founder, Mallory Consulting; National Co-Chair for the Women’s March and Activist
Jocelyn R. Taylor, Founder of JRT Multimedia LLC, #LayerUpWithJRT
All Hail the HashTag! #MeToo #WomensMarch #OscarsSoWhite, #BringBackOurGirls, #BlackLivesMatter…What do all of these have in common? They’re powerful weapons when it comes to online activism. Each of these hashtags has unboxed people’s thinking in regards to some of the social, political and economic problems affecting this country. Hear from the creators of some of these influential hashtags on issues of social justice, and learn how they have led the way to offline change.
Speaker(s)
As President of the National Urban League since 2003, Marc Morial has been the primary catalyst...Read more
Hard hitting, inspiring, intelligent, honest, and direct: these are some of the words used to...Read more
Civil rights activist Tarana Burke in 2006 founded the "Me Too" movement, which a decade later...Read more
As the Creator of the viral hashtag #OscarsSoWhite, April Reign challenges the lack of...Read more
President, Mallory Consulting
Tamika D. Mallory, a 36 year old mother to her teenage son...Read more
Jocelyn R. Taylor has spent over 20 years in media and publishing, cultivating deep...Read more
Lawrence H. Parks is Senior Vice President, External and Legislative Affairs of the Federal Home...Read more