opencultureagency/defyhatenow

#DefyHateNow: Mobilising Civic Action Against Hate Speech and Directed Social Media Incitement to Violence in South Sudan. #defyhatenow is an urgent community peacebuilding, training and conflict reconciliation project aiming to strengthen the voices and support the actions of peace & youth oriented civil society organizations in South Sudan. #defyhatenow seeks to support those voices acting against the conflict to go ‘viral’ within and outside the country – bringing the South Sudanese diaspora into the online peacebuilding framework, bridging gaps of knowledge and awareness of social media mechanisms between those with access to technology and those without. # defyhatenow #DefyHateNow: Mobilising Civic Action Against Hate Speech and Directed Social Media Incitement to Violence in South Sudan. #defyhatenow is an urgent community peacebuilding, training and conflict reconciliation project aiming to strengthen the voices and support the actions of peace & youth oriented civil society organizations in South Sudan. #defyhatenow seeks to support those voices acting against the conflict to go ‘viral’ within and outside the country – bringing the South Sudanese diaspora into the online peacebuilding framework, bridging gaps of knowledge and awareness of social media mechanisms between those with access to technology and those without. defyhatenow.org – #defyhatenow – @defyhatenow - facebook.com - twitter.com - youtube.com - soundcloud.com - instagram.com - linkedin.com ## Use Cases - South Sudan - Cameroon ## Support us at openculture.agency ### Impact: Over the four years the project managed to: - Create awareness & encourage a South Sudanese discourse on hate speech among media as well as civil society actors - Build a network among grassroots CSOs in South Sudan and Diaspora communities in Kenya and Uganda Strengthened & build capacities with regard to media literacy, technical media skills & fact checking, ethical journalism as well as hate speech younter action - Initiate activities to inspire reconciliation - Connect South Sudanese diaspora through online and offline campaigns ### Hundreds of offline trainings and workshops; on the following topics - Responsible use of Social Media - Fact checking: How to Identify fake news online - Mitigating hate speech online and offline - Gender Equality & GoGirlsICT - Ethical Journalism & Blogging ### Press coverage on national & international on radio, TV and in newspapers: https:/ …