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Saving the Internet with the Internet #15NTCsavewww Ivan Boothe @rootwork Evan Greer @evan_greer Evaluation Survey: http://po.st/9Fdi8R Collaborative Notes: http://po.st/m8yAxf

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Saving the Internet with the Internet #15NTCsavewww

Ivan Boothe @rootwork Evan Greer @evan_greer

Evaluation Survey: http://po.st/9Fdi8R Collaborative Notes: http://po.st/m8yAxf

#15NTCsavewww @rootwork http://po.st/m8yAxf

#15NTCsavewww @rootwork

#15NTCsavewww @rootwork

Evan Greer @evan_greer Campaign Manager Fight for the Future

#15NTCsavewww http://po.st/m8yAxf

#15NTCsavewww @rootwork http://po.st/m8yAxf

#15NTCsavewww @rootwork http://po.st/m8yAxf

#15NTCsavewww @rootwork Fight for the Future

#15NTCsavewww @rootwork Fight for the Future

#15NTCsavewww @rootwork http://po.st/m8yAxf

#15NTCsavewww @rootwork http://po.st/m8yAxf

GetYourCensorOn.com

#15NTCsavewww @rootwork Free Press / Stacie Isabella Turk

#15NTCsavewww @rootwork Popular Resistance

#15NTCsavewww @rootwork Free Press

“Multiple generations of civil rights leadership have come together to define Net Neutrality as a 21st century civil rights issue…Net Neutrality rules will be seen by generations to come as a major civil rights accomplishment, setting the stage for the continuation and acceleration of movements for justice and equality.

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—Rashad Robinson, ColorOfChange

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“It…took a host of different tactics. Protests in Philadelphia, protests in San Francisco, people making videos on YouTube — not coordinating in some centralized fashion, but many groups using their own creative strength.”

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—Tim Karr, Free Press

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“Once it became clear that the grassroots were demanding Title II and the strongest rules possible, politicians and companies started sticking their necks out.”

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—David Segal, Demand Progress

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“What happened? The people happened, organizing happened.”

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—Malkia Cyril, Center for Media Justice

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Evan Greer @evan_greer Campaign Manager Fight for the Future

#15NTCsavewww @evan_greer http://po.st/m8yAxf

#15NTCsavewww — Resources !

FightForTheFuture.org BattleForTheNet.com http://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/activism-won-real-net-neutrality/ https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/02/26/net-neutrality-thanks-unprecedented-guerrilla-activism-campaign/ http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/civil-rights/233700-net-neutrality-victory-is-civil-rights-history-in-the-making http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/why-everyone-was-wrong-about-net-neutrality http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/25/technology/path-clears-for-net-neutrality-ahead-of-fcc-vote.html http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/technology/230776-congress-you-cant-fool-the-public-on-net-neutrality

Ivan Boothe @rootwork Evan Greer @evan_greer

Evaluation Survey: http://po.st/9Fdi8R Collaborative Notes: http://po.st/m8yAxf