This interview was originally published at Waging Nonviolence.

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.”