The Revolution Will Now Be Digitized!

We're taking social media to the next level! It's not just about information and entertainment. It's about using new media to improve our lives and livelihoods, better express our cultural values and sensibilities, and create new business opportunities for our communities and ourselves.

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation is hosting it's first-ever social media forum to in Washington, DC from 2:00-5:30 pm in room 146A of the Washington Convention Center. Entitled "Black Power 2.0: Social Media & Digital Content Mobilizing the Masses," this event will feature some of the blogosphere's foremost experts on the impact of social media on minority communities.

Participants include:

• Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, U.S. House of Representatives*
• Donna Brazile, Principal, Brazile & Associates*
• Farai Chideya, Founder, Popandpolitics.com; Power to Pen Media Group (Moderator)
• Robert Townsend, Actor/Director/Producer, Diary of a Single Mom
• Rey Ramsey, CEO, One Economy Corporation; Founding BBOC Member
• Donna Byrd, Publisher, The Root at WashingtonPost.com
• Eric Easter, Vice President Digital & Entertainment, Johnson Publishing/Ebony Jet
• Gina McCauley, Founder, Blogging While Brown, What About Our Daughters, Michelle Obama Watch
• Carmen Dixon-Rosenzweig, Founder, All About Race; Editor, AOL Black Voices
• Angela Conyers-Benton, Founder, Black Web 2.0
• Shawn Williams, Editor, DallasSouthNews.org
• Gary Mack, CEO, Dacodo
• James Andrews, Co-Founder, EveryWhere
• Navarrow Wright, Founder, Global Grind
• Kristal High, Founding Co-Chair, Innovation Generation Broadband Policy Summit

This is the beginning of a new journey together! The revolution will now be digitized!