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High-tech, low-tech for justice work with Cirien Saadeh - Pre-registration required
Thursday, May 1, 2014
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High-tech, low-tech for justice work with Cirien Saadeh - Pre-registration required One major challenge facing community organizers and community leaders is an understanding, or lack thereof, of the technological needs and accessibilities of many communities. While no community or person is the same, understanding the ways that high-tech media (such as an e-newsletter, blog, or internet access on a computer) can be interweaved and adapted to communities more comfortable with “low-tech” can help organizers and leaders better spread their message and develop their own work. This class will openly discuss the many ways that organizers can successfully reach out to communities, such as in a community bulletin or internet access on a phone, using the same energy and skills that are going into “high-tech” media. Pre-registration required. Cirien Saadeh is an organizer and communications professional with statewide non-profit La Asamblea de Derechos Civiles. In the past, she has worked for E-Democracy, in communications, and with The UpTake, as a journalist. She also served as the executive producer for AM950’s “Food Freedom Radio.” A graduate of the Organizing Apprenticeship Project in Minneapolis, Cirien has been active in campaigns around transit equity, food justice, digital access and inclusion, and immigrant justice. She is a writer by trade and a perpetual student. Cirien believes that storytelling is the most powerful tool that community organizers and leaders can develop and leverage to build equity in disenfranchised communities. When
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