Presentation Year

2020

Depreciated Participant

Laura ThompsonEnglishUndergraduate Student

College or Department

Short Description of your Research or Creative Project (700 characters or less)

#RepresentationMatters is a social media campaign to educate the world on why representation matters in literature, education, and entertainment media. For those who began the hashtag, it means that the storytellers are people of color, women, LGBTQ+, disabled, neurodivergent, or any combination thereof. The stories by these artists do not center on being a member of these communities, but do not erase the character’s experience of belonging to them, either. The artists hope to show the world the impact of being heard and seen, and to draw attention to how literature, education, and the entertainment industry currently depict their experiences.

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Permission to Publish Work

Yes

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862

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