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Social Media for Social Change
January 13, 2017 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
This minicourse teaches participants to use social media as a tool for community organizing. Participants will use the internet and social networks as easily integrated spaces designed to share information with peers and provide quick ways to organize communities and increase the reach of a group's voice. This minicourse covers the following topics: (1) Relationship building via Facebook & Twitter; (2) Facebook content for organizers; (3) Blogging hosts and content ideas; (4) Twitter content for organizers; (5) Use of video; (6) Mobile social networking; (7) Location-based social networks; (8) Online safety; (9) Discussions of: "safe" spaces online, online dialogue, and traditional organizing methods. Core competencies including critical thinking, social justice, and social equity are also examined and discussed in detail.
Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.
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U-M School of Social Work Reception at the SSWR Annual Conference
January 13, 2017 - 7:30pm to 9:30pm
The School of Social Work hosts its annual reception at the New Orleans Marriott in conjunction with the Society for Social Work & Research Annual Conference. U-M SSW faculty, doctoral students, and alumni are invited to attend this special reception.