This slideshow is part of a presentation by Lucinda Marshall, Director of the Feminist Peace Network about using social media in feminist activism.

1. Using Social
Media in
Feminist
Work--It’s
Not About
Your
Mama’s
Princess
Lucinda Marshall
Phone
Feminist Peace
Anymore
Network
2010

2. First things first--What is a feminist?

3. What the Dictionary Says
Feminism:
1: The theory of the political, economic,
and social equality of the sexes
2: Organized activity on behalf of
women's rights and interests

4. What are you trying to achieve?
Connect
Have an impact
Get your message out
Take action
Gain supporters
Raise money
And what social media tools can you
use to get the job done?

5. Kinds of Social Media:
•Blogs •Cellphones
•Petitions •Listservs
•Twitter •Email
•Facebook •Podcasts
•Websites •Internet radio
•Videos--You Tube

6. Some Examples Of Using Social Media
To Empower Women

7. Blogs & Websites

8. The Freedom Fone can be used to warn
women away from areas where there is
violence and to report sexual assaults.
Digital Storytelling

9. Literacy and Media Training
allows women whose voices
might otherwise not be heard
to become part of the media
and to connect across borders.

10. It’s About Timing
Which Leads To...

11. This:
But Wait--THERE’S MORE !!

12. And...
Social Media
Really Works !!

13. From Princess phones to cellphones--much
has changed but the goal is the same:
COMMUNICATE - CONNECT - ACT
...social media offers the possibility for
(r)evolutionary change. Be the media, be
the change.
by Lucinda Marshall, Director
Feminist Peace Network
www.feministpeacenetwork.org
www.facebook.com/feministpeacenetwork
www.twitter.com/fempeace
LucindaMarshall@feministpeacenetwork.org