Activism today isn't limited to picket lines and marches on the mall — people have taken their movements to the web, and YouTube has become an important platform for exposure. Every day, people use YouTube to fight for causes, whether they're hunger-striking celebrities like Mia Farrow for
Or a 9-year-old kid in
On Citizentube, the YouTube blog that chronicles the way people use video to change the world. Digital activists use YouTube in three basic ways: to shine a light on issues that need more exposure, to drive action around causes they care about, and to create.
Witness, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to document human rights abuses around the world through video, offers an excellent example. This video from their YouTube channel chronicles the clashes between the Burmese military and rural ethnic minorities:
InvisiblePeople.tv is giving voice to America
Of course the protests in
And
Through YouTube, charity:water was able to raise over $10,000 in one day — enough to build two brand-new wells in the
Video Volunteers is YouTube's version of a new platform that Google has launched called All for Good, which helps match citizens with volunteer opportunities in their local communities. Built in partnership with the White House, All for Good is sort of like a Craigslist for community service. But you don't just have to show up at your local soup kitchen or animal shelter to give back -- volunteering in the 21st century can be done entirely online:
Whether you're an aspiring filmmaker, an at-home vlogger, an advertising aficionado, or just someone with a video camera and some spare time on the weekend, you can be a Video Volunteer. And if you're a nonprofit who would like to find a video volunteer, you can visit the Video Volunteers channel for information on how to post a video assignment.
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