Join us for our special hybrid event on the 2024 US election: Black Cyberculture and the 2024 Election. Co-sponsored by the Colonialism, Post, and Anti in the Digital Age Workshop within Stanford Humanities Center, CESTA, and the Department of Communication for a dynamic panel that will bring together Black Twitter experts André Brock Jr., Meredith D. Clark, Christine Slaughter, and our very own Adam Banks to discuss the role of the digital Black voter in the current political discourse.

From Zoom calls to TikTok memes, current digital practices are transforming the way we run political campaigns and increasing voter engagement in real time. Fundamental to these developments are Black digital spaces as both individuals and groups–including historically Black Greek-letter organizations (The Divine Nine)–use X, Zoom, etc., to bolster the Harris campaign. Simultaneously, these Black digital spaces are also opportunities for voters to negotiate questions about racial identity, leftist activism, and harm-reduction strategies, as they weigh the US government’s imperialism against the identity politics of electing the country’s first Black-South Asian, female president.

Food & drink will be provided! RSVP here: http://tiny.cc/koeqzz

Dr. Brock, Associate Professor of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech; Dr. Clark, Associate Professor of Race and Political Communication at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; and Dr. Slaughter, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boston University will join us via Zoom.

Dr. Banks, Professor of Education and, by courtesy, African and African American Studies, will join us in person.