NAACPConnect Creates New Project “Digital Collective” to Help Youth Gain Multimedia Skills
In Nov. 2011, The NAACP launched its own social network, NAACPConnect. The networking site while giving members a way to connect with each other, also offers written and multimedia content, skills training, micro-mentoring aimed at educational and professional development. To compliment that they have launched a new project called NAACPConnect Digital Collective. Those accepted into the [...]
Read MoreNAACP Launches New Social Network, NAACPConnect
The NAACP launched a social network for members of the NAACP Youth and College Division and participants in the Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics program called, NAACPConnect. NAACPConnect was created to connect young leaders with each other and network with NAACP alumni. The official site for the network is NAACPConnect.org, but they will be utilizing various social [...]
Read MoreNAACP Use Mass Mobilization and Social Media to Help Save Troy Davis’s Life
The news of Troy Davis’s execution date has put the community in a bit of frenzy. Davis was sentenced to die for the killing of Mark MacPhail, an off-duty Savannah police officer at the time. The high profile case suggest that Davis was accused of crime he didn’t commit, a crime he has spent 20 [...]
Read MoreNAACP Launch New Convention Mobile App
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) launched a mobile app for the 102nd Annual NAACP Convention taking place at the Los Angeles Convention Center July 23 though the 28. This is the NAACP Convention’s first app which includes a detailed schedule and map, a directory of staff & speakers, and even [...]
Read MoreNAACP Image Awards Launches a Mobile App
This year’s NAACP Image awards airs this Friday, Mar 4th. You can get in on the action now via the new Image Awards mobile application for iPhone and Android. The application includes videos featuring some of the Image Awards stars and their take on the significance of the event. These include commentary from Chandra Wilson, [...]
Read MoreAllHipHop.com, LYVEF Partner to Cover SOTU Address
By Donte Gibson Often, the State of the Union is a one-and-done event that leaves many wondering how exactly it relates to them. Now, through the power of social media, this is no longer the case. In fact, this year’s State of the Union address is shaping up to be one of the most social [...]
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