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WHAT CAN I DO ? YOU CAN DO A LOT ! A FEW MINUTES IN SOCIAL MEDIA WILL SEND OUR MESSAGE TO MANY, MANY ! JOIN THE ONE HOUR WORK SHOP AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ! DETAILS VERY SOON !. Activism 24/7 or at the time of your choice, everyday.
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WHAT CAN I DO ?YOU CAN DO A LOT !A FEW MINUTES IN SOCIAL MEDIA WILL SEND OUR MESSAGE TO MANY, MANY !JOIN THE ONE HOUR WORK SHOP AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ! DETAILS VERY SOON !
Alan Rusbridger, The Guardian Editor in Chief: Why Twitter matters • 1) It's an amazing form of distribution • 2) It's where things happen first • 3) As a search engine, it rivals Google • 4) It's a formidable aggregation tool • 5) It's a great reporting tool • 6) It's a fantastic form of marketing • 7) It's a series of common conversations. Or it can be
Alan Rusbridger, The Guardian Editor in Chief: Why Twitter matters • 8) It's more diverse • 9) It changes the tone of writing • 10) It's a level playing field • 11) It has different news values • 12) It has a long attention span • 13) It creates communities • 14) It changes notions of authority • 15) It is an agent of change
A Sample of activists & show support & enthusiasm by retweeting • @AmbassadorRice • @AmbassadorPower • @KenRoth (Executive Director HRW) • @jmccdon (Amnesty International USA) • @Asma_Jahangir (UN Panelist on Sri Lanka) • @NishaBiswal (Assistant Secretary of State ) • @AKeenan23 (International Crisis Group) • @USEmbSL (US Embassy Sri Lanka) • @Callum_Macrae • @francesharris0n
Poet Bharathiyar’s “Agni Kunju”, perfects today’s social activists using “Tweets”. He said a rage to burn down the jungle of injustices see no difference, in the tiny spark that sets it than the blowing blaze.
Australian Sport Columnist supporting Sri Lanka Cricket Boycott via tweet
tweeting a cartoon ~ Australia must bat for Tamilsnot for Sri Lanka
Retweets spread the message and show support on the issue to the leader/activist tweeting
Show support to genocide-war crimes probe & humans rights related tweets
Canada PM Boycotted Commonwealth Sri Lanka Summit & tweeted about it
“Honesty, humility, a readiness to serve others - qualities which are within easy reach of every soul” – Nelson Mandela
Campaign via facebook • Please Join & Like Pages such as: https://www.facebook.com/AmbassadorPower
What can we do? • UNHRC Mechanism • Apartheid South Africa • Donor Nations - Japan, China, India • Tourism/Cricket • Investments • Social Media – Website, Face Book , Twitter