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#GAZA on December 27
We’ve been bouncing ideas on the twitosphere to raise awareness and show support for Gaza on December 27, as we remember one year since the brutal Israeli assault and siege. The Gaza Freedom March is also building up momentum for their fantastic endeavor. It is important to highlight the cause online in order to promote our call for justice and remembrance.
The idea is simple. At every moment, there is a topic “trending” on twitter. It always results in drawing the attention of the world and the media. To trend a topic, thousands of people must hash it, i.e. tweet about it using the # before it. For example, the most trending topic over the next week is bound to be #xmas because everyone’s tweeting about Christmas. So what we want to do is push #GAZA to the top of twitter’s discussed topics on December 27. Get it?
Here’s what you can do:
- Open a twitter account if you haven’t yet. Get your friends to give you a crash course on how to use it – it’s very simple.
- On December 27, get online and tweet about #Gaza by citing news sources or re-tweeting links from others.
- Join the Palestine Action Network group to get updates via Facebook.
- Join the event: ACT – don’t mourn on Facebook.
- Take online action aroung the Gaza Freedom March.
- Recruit your friends and groups to do the same.
- If you’re an experienced tweep, please join the core team to brainstorm more ideas on how to succeed with our online campaign. It’s not going to be easy because we’re in the middle of a holiday season, so we need all the help we can get. Hit me up via twitter on @nmoawad.
If you’ve got any questions I can help with, contact me.
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about 7 months ago
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I’m definitely in!
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