I attended the first presentation at the symposium. The presentation was presented by Teresa Zackodnik with her talk“Intense Continuities” about Media Technologies and their connection to Black Protest. I had a bit of trouble hearing Teresa due to some microphone problems. Even though I had a slightly hard time to hear Teresa I believe that I got some of the main points. Social Media plays a huge role in spreading the opinions and information about inequality and racism that today’s minorities face. The main point I heard was Teresa’s point about “taking the hashtag outside”, using our social media and our reach to spread our message. We are standing up to the targeting of African Americans. Social Media plays a huge role in our lives today and we have started using it to our advantage.