Promoting People of Color in the Progressive Blogosphere
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 10:30 AM CDT • L100 AB
David Reid, Elsa Cade, Kyle de Beausset, Neeta Lind, Denise Oliver-Velez, Nancy A. Heitzeg
This panel will address the needs, successes and obstacles to having greater participation of people of color in the blogosphere. Using the models of Black Kos and Native American Netroots as a beginning point for the discussion, we'll cover topics such as color-blindness versus representation and how to get historically underrepresented groups and their views heard. The discussion will focus on how to organize outreach between the larger blogosphere and blogs that are specific to communities of color, and how to form stronger connections to ongoing organizing efforts and activism in communities of color.