This is the final CMEI (Civic and Moral Education Initative) event of the 2015-16 academic year! Three panelists––including Carrie James and Sangita Shresthova who are the members of the Youth Participatory Politics Research Network––will share about the implications of social media on civic education and social movements. Below are the details released by the event organizer.  

Social Media: Challenges for Change
Thursday, April 21; 4:30-6:30 pm 
Gutman Conference Center Area 3

Social media dramatically democratizes; how should civic education be reshaped for new forms of participation?  What skills do young people need for negotiation, conflict management and the anxieties  around public exposure of their values and partisanship? When is changing norms as important as changing laws? The panel will address provocative and challenging issues related to civic media.

Panelists:

Dr. Carrie James, Principle Investigator at Project Zero, Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Dr. Sangita Shresthova, Director of the Media, Activism and Participatory Politics (MAPP) project, University of Southern California

Ethan Zuckerman, Director of the Center for Civic Media, Principal Research Scientist at the Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Moderator: Dr. Helen Haste, Visiting Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Discussant: Ashley Lee, Ed.D. Candidate, Harvard Gradaute School of Education

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