Chattin it up on Twitter and Sisterly Advice

So this week we talked about twitter chats, and I would say I was really surprised at how popular and useful twitter chats are. I am a pretty active user of social media, especially twitter, but typically all I see on twitter is people complaining, and retweeting funny videos. It was cool to kind of see how twitter can be used constructively.

Part of our assignment for the week was finding a twitter chat to participate in soon. I spent about an hour and a half trying to find one about women's rights. I found one on a twitter chat schedule, called #HERchat. The website called it a chat about women's empowerment and rights, but when I looked up the chat, they were discussing how to stay fit over labor day.... I wasn't impressed to say the least. I was shocked that there were no chats almost relatively about my topic, considering how much there is to discuss.  I ended up finding a chat called #SocialMillenial which talks about how millenials (People born from 1986-2004) such as myself, use social media to be a positive influence. While their weren't that many people involved last week in the chat, I'm hoping that maybe it will gain momentum. I would really like to hear what people say about this topic.

If I were to hold a Twitter chat, I would probably have it discussing the issues I'm covering with my passion project. I would probably have each week focused on a different side of institutional sexism. I would talk about Rape Culture, Societies expectations for Men vs Women, Street Harrassment, and things of that sort. I could use a twitter chat to get brains flowing on the idea. I have friends who I know would definitley join in on the chat, and I think the more people I get to chat, the more people who join. If I can get people to just start thinking about women's rights, and institutional sexism, I think it will draw interest into my event. 

Speaking of my Passion Project, this week I spent a while talking to my sister about some ideas to get the "Day of the Girl" to gain momentum. In college, my sister was part of the App State Women's Club, and from that experience she has some good contacts in the community for me. She has found a few people for me to contact about being a mentor, and I am hoping to have a lockdown on my mentor in the next few weeks. Another thing we talked about is how to get people to come. There is nothing people love more than free stuff and food, so she advised that I find some businesses in the community, like restaurants, to donate items like gift certificates that I can raffle off, and also contact local organizations to see if they can give me items like stickers to give away. I'm really getting excited about this project and can't wait to keep moving on it!