Social media meets social responsibility in Boston Oct. 10
September 24th, 2008 |
Boston-based Social Media for Social Change (sm4sc) today announced that it hopes to raise as much as $20,000 for Jane Doe Inc. at a fund raising event October 10 at 6:30 PM at the Harvard Club of Boston. Jane Doe, Inc. is a “statewide coalition of over sixty community-based sexual assault and domestic violence organizations across Massachusetts committed to the safety, dignity and liberty of survivors.”
Back in July, blogger Jeremy Pepper challenged the social media community to show that it can “do what it claims” by using its influence to give back to the community. While I agree with Jeremy that every one of us who is fortunate to be employed and comfortable should be giving back to those less fortunate, I believe the best mechanisms are organized, broad based efforts like sm4sc. (That’s not to say individual giving is a bad thing, it’s a good thing, but I think it’s a personal and private matter.)
sm4sc was founded by Gradon Tripp, and was chartered with the understanding that “the social media world has proven that, though still a young and small community within a multitude of industries, we have the power to exact great change.”
I urge Boston area folks to attend and support this event, which is for a very worthy cause and can demonstrate the power of the social media community as a force for good.
Tags: Social media, jane doe inc., sm4sc, boston, Jeremy Pepper, Gradon Tripp
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Giving back is definitely important. My conference biz, at our last event donated 7k (10% of our take home) to a local food bank, that we hosted a code jam for. They came out with a new application to help families locate local food, and enough coin to purchase 14k meals. Before we were even making money, we decided 20% would be given back in 2 forms; 10% to the developer community that our events focus on, and 10% to a more global or “above deveopers” charity toward making the world a better place.
Giving rocks!
wish I was nearer to Boston.
Comment by John Wilker — September 24, 2008 @ 1:58 pm