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Inside the Dream Defenders' social media blackout

The Dream Defenders are a loud voice in the movement for black lives, boasting nearly 53,000 Twitter followers and national media coverage. So why have they quit the internet?

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This interview was originally published at Waging Nonviolence.

 Waging Nonviolence/Dream Defenders.
Waging Nonviolence/Dream Defenders.

The Dream Defenders: social media blackout. Credit: Waging Nonviolence/Dream Defenders.

Last week, the Florida-based Dream Defenders announced a six week “social media sabbatical” from their personal and organizational Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts, promising to digitally resurface in November “with a fresh voice; one that emanates from the grassroots and is a complement to movement work, not just characters.”