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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. OWS began as a grassroots protest against the inequality, greed and corruption associated with the financial sector of the economy. CNBC’s Rick Santelli is widely credited with launching the grassroots movement.

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Lobbying my rep about the Move to Amend project

Librarian.net

Nationally, public libraries are struggling under constant book challenges in public and school libraries. I want to live in a country where every person gets a vote and every non-person gets no votes.” It has to stop. And it’s a Vermont issue. I work for my town. I believe in democracy.

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