Yahoo!'s 4th Annual Business & Human Rights Summit in DC LIVE Webcast

WHAT:

Yahoo!'s 4^th annual Business & Human Rights Summit will be webcast live today at 8:30 a.m. The Summit, hosted at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., will showcase the ways women are using technology and social media to influence policy, govern, engage and inspire voters, address social issues, and change the world. The Summit brings together a cross-section of leaders in technology, government, policy, not-for-profit and media, and first-time candidates for public office from across the U.S. for a series of panel discussions on a variety of topics, including media with a mission, government 2.0, social media and using technology and social media for social impact.

WHO:

Author and journalist Gayle Tzemach Lemmon; MD of Global Voices Georgia Popplewell; New York Times Editor Jennifer Preston; Senior Political Editor of Yahoo! Shine Lylah Alphonse; Digital Democracy Founder Emily Jacobi; CEO Katie Orenstein and Inveneo CEO Kristin Peterson. Full agenda available at http://www.yhumanrightsblog.com/blog/news-events/change-your-world/

WHEN:

8:30 a.m. — 3:00 p.m.

LOG-ON:

http://humanrights.yahoo.com

or

http://www.newseum.org/streaming/?stream=yahoo051812

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