We Witness: A Panel on Digital Video, Social Media, and Political Protest

Conference/Symposium | December 10 | 4:30-6:30 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, 310 Banatao Auditorium

Panelist/Discussants: Sam Gregory, Program Director, WITNESS; Adam Stofsky, Executive Director, New Media Advocacy Project; Rich Jones, CEO, OpenWatch; Ken Goldberg, Faculty Director, Data and Democracy Initiative, CITRIS, UC Berkeley; Tomoko Hosaka, News & Politics Manager, Ustream

Sponsors: CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative, Human Rights Center, Center for New Media , Townsend Center for the Humanities, Graduate School of Journalism, Department of Film and Media Studies, Center for Digital Storytelling, Ustream, Dissent Magazine, Henderson Center for Social Justice at Berkeley Law, #WeTheData

The CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative will present a panel of leading video activists, filmmakers, and technology developers to highlight recent innovations in the field and discuss the implications for human rights investigations, advocacy campaigns, and social justice more broadly.