The Rise and Fall (and Rise?) of Occupy Wall Street: 5 Lessons for Networked Movements

Posted on November 1, 2015November 1, 2015 by schock

By Sasha Costanza-Chock (@schock), Christine Schweidler (schweidler@riseup.net), and Charlie DeTar (cfd@media.mit.edu) Note: This is an English translation of an article that originally appeared in 2013 in La Vanguardia Dossier: “The Power of the Networks:” http://www.lavanguardia.com/internacional/20131217/54397298092/el-poder-de-las-redes-sociales-vanguardia-dossier.html On 17 September 2011, a small group of activists took over New York City’s Zuccotti Park. They triggered[…]

Dr. Jose Calderon: Fighting for Immigrant Justice with Participatory Action Research

Posted on October 18, 2015October 18, 2015 by schock

This is a live blog of a talk by Dr. Jose Calderon, Professor of Sociology + Chicano Studies, Pitzer College, on October 15 2015 at MIT. Background for the talk, titled “PAR and Race Part 1: Fighting for Immigrant Justice:” My struggles with learning English and growing up in a poor immigrant farm worker family[…]

Media: Portfolio

Posted on September 26, 2015September 26, 2015 by schock

I’m in the process of adding a portfolio of media projects I’ve worked on to this site. Meanwhile, check out the examples below! SELECTED WORKS WEB & INTERACTIVE VoJo: Hosted platform for group mobile media projects, based on the VozMob Drupal Distribution. (Founder, project lead, 2012-present). http://vojo.co Sandy Storyline: A participatory documentary about the impact of Hurricane Sandy on[…]

Report: Towards Transformative Media Organizing

Posted on September 26, 2015October 13, 2015 by schock

Check out Towards Transformative Media Organizing, a strengths & needs assessment of LGBTQ & Two-Spirit media activism that I’m proud to have played a key role in as Principle Investigator, published in 2015. This report, and the Transformative Media Organizing project, links LGBTQ & Two-Spirit and allied media makers, online organizers, and tech-activists across the United[…]

Book: Out of the Shadows, Into the Streets!

Posted on September 26, 2015October 13, 2015 by schock

Out of the Shadows, Into the Streets! Transmedia organizing in the immigrant rights movement, my first book, is available from MIT Press as a free, creative commons licensed download, or for purchase in e-book and hardcover formats, here: http://bit.ly/shadows-streets.