Innovations to Affect Change

Innovations to Affect Change

This panel provides best practices in giving the diaspora a voice through online platforms and social media. The panelists will describe ways that their organizations work to raise awareness about issues of interest to the diaspora and educate individuals on how they can contribute in a way that will be meaningful both for the diaspora community and their country of heritage.

Moderator:

Raul Hinogosa-Ojeda, North American Integration and Development Center at the University of California

Speakers:

Aphrodite Bouikidis, Reinventing Greece Media Project
Katleen Felix, Haitian Hometown Associations Resource Group & Fonkoze
Molly Mattessich, Africa Rural Connect
Nicholas Reville, Amara