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When Reparations Grow From the Grassroots

Next City

Until federal reparations happen, local organizations across the country are stepping up to account for the harm and legacy of enslavement and systemic racism.

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

Social media has played an integral part in grassroots communication and participation. These pages, open to anyone with a Facebook account, include ‘friends’ not only from one’s home country or state, but from throughout the world. Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube Platforms in Brief. 2013; Bennett, Breunig, & Givens, 2008).