Raj is the
Founder of Silicon Valley De-Bug and is working to empower underserved
communities by educating them on how use the tools to share their
voice/opinion and make a difference in their community. I already love
this guy and he is only one minute in.
It does not take a lot of resources to become a ‘media mogul’. Most
of the younger generation is using the free online technologies
(Facebook, MySpace) and text messaging to communicate with one another
and using news/civil actions to organize, like the recent march for the
rights of immigrants. The march was self organized via MySpace and text
messaging, and turned into the largest organized protest in the Bay
Area’s history. This is extremely powerful. People who understand this
will be able to effect change.
He shares the thought that media has become synonymous with
community organizing. Also sees ethnic media replacing traditional
media in certain areas, though would like to add that merely going ‘in
language’ does not automatically make it an ethnic media source (i.e.
just because you print in Spanish does not mean you are reporting on
issues that affect the Latin community).
So the big question is now…how do we make the newer technologies accessible to all?
