The Walter and Leonore Annenberg Presidential
Learning Center at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation cordially invites
you to participate in Civic Engagement through Social Media at the Ronald
Reagan Presidential Library and Museum.
Panelists will examine the many positive uses
of social media, especially as a tool to promote civic engagement. We will look
at the role of social media in politics, social entrepreneurship, voluntarism,
and activism.
The goal of the panel is both to show
examples of civic engagement through social media, and to issue a call of
action for students to become more informed and proactive citizens as they
engage in social media, making positive changes in their schools, communities,
and potentially in the world.
Highlights of the panel:
1. This panel of innovative leaders who have
harnessed social media to help improve society will include:
·
Kristen
Cambell, the Director of Programs and New Media, National Conference on
Citizenship (NCoC), reaches out to the millennial generation using social media
to promote and highlight civic engagement. NCoC is a congressionally
chartered non-profit responsible for the publication of the annual Civic Health
Index.
·
Akili
Lee, Founding Director of the Digital Youth Network, current Director of
Digital Strategy and Development, and the creator of the iRemix Platformis
focused on innovating new digital learning tools and supporting youth focused
organizations develop models for successfully integrating digital media as a
way to increase engagement and effectiveness.
·
Melissa
Helmbrecht, the Chair and CEO of Splashlife, credits transforming her
life by serving others. Melissa also founded Champions of Hope, a youth-focused
nonprofit organization. In less than one year, she grew the organization from a
startup with two volunteers to a global organization with 100+ strategic
partners and 650,000 youth participants.
·
Andrew
Slack, Co-founder and Executive Director of the Harry Potter Alliance, which
uses parallels from the Harry Potter series to inspire more than 100,000 Harry
Potter fans to act as heroes in our world.
Join
in the conversation on Facebook or Twitter. #APLC. Tune in here, tomorrow, to
watch it live: http://bitly.com/APLCwebcast
An interactive Q and A session that allows
students from across the country submit questions to our panel of
innovators.
The Mission of the Walter and Leonore
Annenberg Presidential Learning Center is to develop proactive, informed,
educated, and conscientious citizens and leaders.
Krista Ann Kohlhausen
Director of the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Presidential Learning
Center
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation
40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, California 93065
T: (805) 522-2977
F: (805) 577-4094
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