Fusion to Host Massive Conference on Global Political Movements
Fusion, in partnership with Brigade, Ryot, Summit, and UNICEF, today announced much of the agenda and participants for RiseUp, a November conference in DC with global activists and political leaders on recent political and social movements including those in Egypt, Hong Kong, and Ferguson, Mo.
The event will feature insight from U.S. Ambassador the United Nations Samantha Power, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ); Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonikova and Masha Alyokhina; Yemeni cyber activist Walid Al-Saqaf; net neutrality activist Marvin Ammori; Egyptian internet activist Wael Ghonim, Fusion’s “America” anchor Jorge Ramos; Tim Pool; and Alicia Menéndez, host of Fusion’s “Alicia Menéndez Tonight,” among many others.
“New information technologies and modes of thinking are redefining and enabling social activism,” said Marcus Brauchli, former Post and Wall Street Journal executive editor who’s serving as chair of the conference.
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