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The Social Impact StartupActivism in the digital age with Alexa Bussmann, Founder - Novel HandAlexa Bussmann is the Founder of Novel Hand, the place where activism meets impact. They are a community bringing awareness to global humanitarian issues through writing & content creation. Alexa built Novel Hand when she noticed a disconnect in her generation. While there exists concern for current humanitarian issues, it can be difficult to find ways to actually make an impact, especially when taking into consideration how complex many of these problems actually are. She wants to bridge the gap between the passion people have for social issues and turn that into actionable steps for innovative solutions. 2021-03-0144 min
Activism, Meet Impact.GameStop, Hacktivism and Empathy with Erika BussmannErika talks with Alexa (her older sister!) about some of the articles she has written over the past 11 months as a contributor to Novel Hand focusing on technology and social impact. One of Erika's first articles was about applications of virtual reality for social impact. In today's episode, Alexa and Erika discuss how virtual reality could be used to build empathy in our increasingly digital world. Next, they discussed potential uses of hacktivism and how this form of activism utilizes collective action to create change. Erika also talks a bit about big tech and our ro...2021-02-0832 min