REPORT OF THE QUARTERLY LECTURE THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PEACE CAMPAIGN
LECTURE ORGANIZED BY CITAD AT MAMBAYYA HOUSE ON SATURDAY 23RD NOVEMBER, 2013
By Sagir Ado and Nura Maaji
Being the only medium of communication that provides people with the opportunity unprecedented in the history of humanity, of creating public spaces to share debate and promote issues of concern affecting their lives. Social Media is so strategic and indispensable to the extent that for PEACE CAMPAIGN to be adequately pursued, one must aliened him or herself with the platform of a particular social media enterprise. Due to the importance of the Social Media for the promotion of Peace, Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has instituted a special program for peace building using social media. The aim of the program is to provide an alternative platform to build and promote peace. Series of activities are designed to achieve this objective; one of this is to organize a public lecture on ICTs in peace building, at least once every quarter.Â