After the jump, a listing of Friday’s panel sessions at the Youth Movement Summit at Columbia Law School. A full schedule, with links to live streams, can be found here.

 

8:50-9:40 How to Begin: Taking It to the Streets

Creating or responding to events (local, national, global) to get a movement off of the ground. Crafting a movement’s short and long-term goals. Planning activities, events, marches, protests, both traditional and innovative, and transitioning to new issues and methods after short-term objectives are met.

Panel:

  • Felice Gorordo, Raíces de Esperanza
  • Ceren Kenar, Genç Siviller (Young Civilians)
  • Stephen Smith, Community Organizer
  • Jamie Tworkowski, To Write Love on Her Arms

Moderator: Larry Diamond, Journal of Democracy and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
 

9:40-10:40 Rebooting Politics 2.0: A Conversation with the Obama Campaign’s New Media Team

The 2008 Presidential Campaign saw unprecedented use of new media tools to engage young people in the presidential campaign. The lessons learned from the campaign have broader applicability than just politics as they are some of the same approaches being used by civil society movements all across the world. We will sit down with some of the critical people behind President-elect Obama’s new media team to hear their perspective.

Panel:

  • Joe Rospars, 2008 Barack Obama Presidential Campaign, New Media Director
  • Andrew Rasiej, Personal Democracy Forum
  • Sam Graham-Felsen, Director Blogging and Blog Outreach, Obama for America
  • Scott Goodstein, External Online Director, Obama for America
  • Joe Green, Causes and Project Agape

Moderator: Micah Sifry, Personal Democracy Forum

 
 

11:50-12:50 How to Get Media Attention: Engaging and Inspiring the Media

Session to focus on reaching out to and using the media to enhance a movement’s exposure and engage the broader public. Focused on how to get the media involved, what the media can do, and ways to engage them.

Panel:

  • Ian Rowe, MTV
  • Luke Russert, MSNBC
  • Nicole Lapin, CNN
  • Adam Kushner, Senior Writer at Newsweek International
 

1:45-2:45 Utilizing Digital Media for Social Change

Session will look at new digital media platforms and how they can be leveraged to affect social change.

Panel:

  • Joe Green, CEO Causes and Project Agape
  • Amy Webb, CEO Webb Media Group
  • Katie Stanton, Google
  • Richard Robbins, Marketing Director AT&T, Media Innovation

Moderator: David Kirkpatrick, Senior Editor Fortune Magazine
 

3:35-4:30 How to Stay Safe: Safety, Law, and Security for the Social Movement

Session to focus on the safety issues (both internet and government related) regarding the administration and engagement of youth oriented social movements in hostile or challenging environments. How to protect privacy, ensure safety of membership, avoid being shut-down, etc.

Panel:

  • Chris Michael, Witness
  • Sherif Mansour, Freedom House
  • Peter Rosenblum, Director of Columbia Law Human Rights Program

Moderator: Shaarik Zafar, Department of Homeland Security