How to make change in the issues you care about - Advocacy and Campaigns explained.

We all have issues we care about, but many of us lack the skillset to affect them. In this session you'll get just a taste of how to change things.

About the session host
Joseph McArthur is the Assistant Director of the Right to Research Coalition, SPARC's student initiative. Joe joins the R2RC as an accomplished Open Access advocate, having co-founded and co-led the Open Access Button. Joe also has a strong background in working with student organizations, including many years as a leader within Medsin-UK, the UK’s largest student run global health network

Participate on Twitter
Interested but can’t make it to the session? Tweet your thoughts and opinions to @ucldigifest with hashtag #dfchange and populate the discussion online!

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