#TakeRoot13: New Tools in the Box: Remote Organizing in Flyover Country
Panel from Take Root conference, red state perspectives on reproductive justice. Took place in Norman, Oklahoma, February 15 and 16, 2013.
- This panel features stories and strategies from organizers in red states who take virtual organization beyond the symbolic and into the applied realm.
- Panelists: Wyndi Anderson, Jessica Luther, Jen Cox
About to speak about Remote Organizing in Flyover Country for @Take_RootRJ woooo #takeroot13
Time for "New Tools in the Box: Remote Organizing in Flyover Country"! #takeroot13 http://pic.twitter.com/KMU15qXx
This session starts with awesome personal storytelling. #TakeRoot13 organizers can teach the movement a thing or 2.- . @scatx @cuteredhood and Wyndi Anderson talking about Internet organizing #takeroot13 instagr.am/p/VzFK2ODpnE/
@CuteRedHood talks about how their history in conservative Christian family, community shaped their activism thru online spaces #takeroot13- Online spaces can create community and trust especially for those silenced in the general society. #TakeRoot13
.@CuteRedHood talking about making joyful noise to drown out gross anti-abortion protesters & the ease of online organizing #takeroot13
I credit Facebook for making @OK4RJ possible. We had a safe space to talk. The internet made that possible. @cuteredhood #takeroot13- s/o to Facebook for giving us a free platform for RJ organizing and networking! #goodforsomething #takeroot13
- Online organizing makes working without money possible. #TakeRoot13. Can this be the rupture in the professionalized movement we need?
- Internet enabled us to have constant contact safely in a hostile anti-RJ anti-choice environment. community was born thru it. #takeroot13
- We needed community, we needed to reach out to peers. The internet offered that space. @cuteredhood #takeroot13
- So true that Oklahoman community spaces are found in bars and churches. No safety or comfort for queers (or sober folks!) #takeroot13
- Churches and bars are often places to find community, but they aren't safe spaces for many people. @cuteredhood #takeroot13
- Would be interesting to get @lilithfund ppl in a room with @OK4RJ ppl to talk about grassroots organizing. I'd learn a lot! #takeroot13
- .@scATX talks about #ATXFEM creating a community through the internet. And it's transcended the internet. #takeroot13
- We can build intellectual communities outside academia. Good reminder that knowledge is not monopolized in ivory tower. #TakeRoot13
- @scATX talks about how Twitter brought folks together in Austin to share ideas and build community for ATX feminists #takeroot13
- .@scATX talks about how social media can work in conjunction w/ traditional reporting to push a message and action. #takeroot13
- Shout out to @FlyoverFeminism. Voices from the states we too often ignore. #TakeRoot13
- @FlyoverFeminism created for activists in flyover regions that usually don't have the spaces to share their experiences #takeroot13
- .@scATX talks about how @seeingredtexas was able to create energy for rallies with Facebook and Twitter activity. #takeroot13
