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Guide to Twitter for Activism… en Español

We are very excited to announce the translation of the DigiActive Guide to Twitter for Activism in Spanish, our first Spanish content on this site. You can download a PDF version by clicking the image below.  (You can also download the original English version here.)  We are so grateful to our (anonymous) team of volunteer translators for making this new version possible.

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Campaign: saving a cinema in the Canary Islands

Description: The Victor Cinema in the city of Tenerife in the Canary Islands is in danger of being closed and a group of people dedicated to the theater, Asamblea para la Defensa del Cine Victor (Assembly to Defend the Victor Cinema), is organizing online to save it.

Digital Activism Tools: web site (http://noalcierredelcinevictor.com) with notices about upcoming actions, a petition, an about page, and a forum to encourage community

How These Tools Are Being Used: I’m not sure if this group of activists read Blog for a Cause! (which is available in Spanish…) but it sure seems like the did. They understand that the purpose of their site is to inform a community about their issue and then mobilize that community to act for their cause. They inform people through notices about upcoming actions and a latest news page. They attempt to build community (particularly interactive discussion about their cause) but creating a forum, and then they mobilize that community by posting notices about upcoming actions on their site.  (Although they used Joomla to create a web site around their cause, it would be equally easy to build their site on a free blog platform like Wordpress.)

Outcome: It is unclear whether or not the Victor Cinema will close.

Hat-tip: videoarte en canarias