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Join Restless Development and Notably Wild on September 20th for a round table discussion on the role of media in social action.
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In a world where fake news and click bait seem to dominate our news feeds and mainstream media, how do we use the tools at our fingertips to create awareness around social issues instead of spreading misinformation? How do we then turn awareness into action?Â
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Hear from a wide array of speakers from various sectors on this topic including youth accountability advocates working with Restless Development in Tanzania and India.
Supported by BBC Media Action. Event space provided by BBC Studios.
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Ambar Januel is a community development strategist and a vocal advocate for STEM diversity, women’s rights, and youth leadership. She works with tech startups, non-profits, and creatives on creating engaged communities that harness social impact and create change. Last year, she left her creative agency J+J in Los Angeles to focus on working with organizations that are passionate about social issues, public engagement, cultivating opportunities for creatives and underrepresented leaders, and dedicated to diversity, advocacy, and social advancement.
Daiquiri Ryan is a legal fellow at Public Knowledge, a consumer advocacy organization where she focuses on net neutrality, broadband adoption and the digital divide, diversity in media ownership and other telecommunications issues. Daiquiri is also an inaugural Google Next Gen Policy Leader, a cohort focused on the intersection of social justice and tech policy.
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Jorge Luis Fontanez is Clinical Professor of Marketing at the Bard MBA in Sustainability program, a Google Next Gen Policy Leader, First Mover Fellow of the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program, OpEd Project Fellow and founder of Collective Action for Puerto Rico, a collective of the faithful and the fearless using public theology to bring economic justice to Puerto Rico.
Jean Manney is the US Director of Restless Development, the global agency for youth-led development. She has been driving growth and innovation for youth development and civic engagement and for over 15 years, including developing service-learning programs and campus-community partnerships at higher education institutions in the US, supporting a youth empowerment program in Guadalajara, Mexico, and researching innovations in volunteering models through the lens of active global citizenship.
US Director of BBC Media Action
Fellow, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University
Yvonne MacPherson is the U.S. Director of BBC Media Action, the international non-profit of the BBC created to use media and communication for development, and a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Yvonne’s experience covers the breadth of communication formats, from drama, interactive discussion programs, public service advertisements, reality television shows, outdoor advertising to mobile ring tones and job aids.
Aisha Matiko is a Youth Accountability Advocate with Restless Development Tanzania and is visiting New York for the UN General Assembly. As a Youth Accountability Advocate for Restless, Aisha is working to bring positive change to her community through collecting and analyzing data on young people’s access and knowledge about sexual health and reproductive rights and services. She will use this data to track her government’s progress towards national and international development commitments in the coming months.Â