Report from #defyhatenow workshop with South Sudanese bloggers in Nairobi, 27-28 July 2017 We sometimes forget that our online voices reach a wider audience than just our friends. Team #defyhatenow is reminding South Sudanese nationals that we need to continue working together to make the online spaces we inhabit more peaceful and tolerant.
South Sudanese Bloggers Workshop, Nairobi
Blogging for positive change in South Sudan 27th -28th July 2017 Nairobi, Kenya Training South Sudanese bloggers (and would-be bloggers ) on the importance of blogging, this two-day workshop offers participants the basic understanding of how to set up a blog, giving an overview of citizen journalism and storytelling with specific ideas on how these […]
“I #defyhatenow” The role of Diaspora based journalists promoting peace in South Sudan. We had a chat with US-based South Sudanese journalist Mary Apollo, an Atlas Corps fellow talking about writing and the impact of the Diaspora community in building a peaceful South Sudan. How do you describe yourself? I am an activist and I […]
South Sudan will be rebuilt by the South Sudanese people. Everyone is passionate about building a little piece of their South Sudan and impacting the country in their own little big way. This is the first article in our “I #defyhatenow “series. we will be featuring South Sudanese citizens talking about their daily lives and […]
#Rhinotalks, Rhino Refugee Camp Uganda #Rhinotalks is a roundtable forum bringing together different actors and stakeholders from South Sudanese NGOs in Uganda, with journalists, refugee settlements leaders and student leaders. #Rhinotalks aims to raise awareness, explore and develop strategies for mitigating the existence of hate rhetoric among South Sudanese refugees and asylum seeking communities in […]
Say No to Hate Speech #defyhatenow BOR Signposts with peace messages distributed to schools in Bor Town, Jonglei State. Connecting local slogans to #socialmedia for media literacy + #peacebuilding! #defyhatenow correspondent Bior Ajang Jaden Biorology makes a passionate appeal to students in Bor town. Watch Video here. These young ladies from Bor College High […]
A series of illustrations made by artist Hannah Rounding. The images are a series of visual training aids produced for the #dehyahtenow. The materials are designed to be used by NGOs, schools, universities, journalists and community groups to create awareness, discussion and understanding around social media based hate speech, the impact of this on the ground […]
Hate Speech in South Sudan: Social Media as a Weapon of War PeaceTech Lab, 03 May 2017 In 2016 PeaceTech Lab conducted research to better understand the connection between online hate speech and violence on the ground in South Sudan. The Lab created a lexicon of hate speech terms and monitored social media in support […]
Dear Friends, We’d love to welcome you to our second annual r0g_agency ‘Meet ‘n Greet’ at our new location in Charlottenburg! We’ll take the opportunity to introduce three of our project colleagues from South Sudan, our guests at a series of events including the 11th edition of re:publica, Global Innovation Gathering (GIG), and the 1st Berlin […]
Bior is a young South Sudanese from Bor town, who is actively engaged in peacebuilding and is part of the #defyhatenow community for the past 18 months. Inspired by the need for Peace in his community Bior decided to organize a peacebuilding outreach in Bor town.
#Peace4ALL Music Video, Rhino Camp Uganda “We just wanna dedicate this song, to everyone who lost their love ones, in the wars and all we wanna do right now is to create a #PeaceVillage for everyone to live in, we wanna change the way that people live and to #defyhatenow.” Lyrics: Jaiksana A. José (RonnyRiddimz […]
#Peace4ALL Video PREVIEW Juba, Arua, Rhino Camp, Online & Berlin Roundtable #Peace4all Music Video Preview 28th March 6-8pm The preview of the new #Peace4ALL music video from the #PeaceVillage in collaboration with #defyhatenow takes place Tuesday March 28th at 6pm. The video preview will be on March 28th with German Ambassador to South Sudan, Johannes […]