This is a hands-on activism strategy session and workshop for activists, policy advocates, technologists, and others involved in digital rights advocacy at the local or global level. It will cover the tools we use in our activism campaigns and unpack some hard-earned lessons on crafting effective campaigns.

EFF's Maira Sutton and Shahid Buttar will discuss how to design issue-specific campaigns to engage with audiences beyond the core group of interested activists. This means taking digital policy issues related to freedom of speech, privacy, and access to knowledge concerns to people and communities who may not see how they are affected by those policies.

We will also unpack EFF's activism toolbox and walk through our techniques for amplifying our campaigns, including messaging and branding, social media tips, ways to identify political targets, and building coalitions at both the local and international level. The purpose of this workshop is for everyone to come away with new tactics and strategies to bring about better policies and tools to safeguards our rights on digital platforms.