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09-19-2016, 05:30 PM
How Black Lives Matter made the leap from social media to social action
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Black Lives Matter.
Those three seemingly simple words have catapulted the U.S. into a modern-day civil rights movement. It's a movement that has become a household name, creating and proposing tangible policy change (http://www.joincampaignzero.org/solutions/#solutionsoverview), as well as spurring intense social debate.
And it started with a hashtag.
SEE ALSO: Black lives need to matter in corporate America, too (http://mashable.com/2016/09/17/black-lives-matter-corporations/)
Activists who have been are the forefront of the Black Lives Matter movement came together Sunday at the 2016 Social Good Summit (http://mashable.com/category/social-good-summit/) in New York City to discuss racial justice and the ongoing struggle for racial equality.
The panel — moderated by Wesley Lowery, national reporter covering law enforcement, justice, race and politics at The Washington Post — turned its attention to the evolution of the movement, tackling where it's been, where it is and where it needs to go. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/19/black-lives-matter-social-good-summit-2016/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Black Lives Matter.
Those three seemingly simple words have catapulted the U.S. into a modern-day civil rights movement. It's a movement that has become a household name, creating and proposing tangible policy change (http://www.joincampaignzero.org/solutions/#solutionsoverview), as well as spurring intense social debate.
And it started with a hashtag.
SEE ALSO: Black lives need to matter in corporate America, too (http://mashable.com/2016/09/17/black-lives-matter-corporations/)
Activists who have been are the forefront of the Black Lives Matter movement came together Sunday at the 2016 Social Good Summit (http://mashable.com/category/social-good-summit/) in New York City to discuss racial justice and the ongoing struggle for racial equality.
The panel — moderated by Wesley Lowery, national reporter covering law enforcement, justice, race and politics at The Washington Post — turned its attention to the evolution of the movement, tackling where it's been, where it is and where it needs to go. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/19/black-lives-matter-social-good-summit-2016/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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