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title: 'Gaming for Good: Using Passions and Technology for Social Change'
osem_url: https://osem.seagl.org/conferences/seagl2020/program/proposals/803
beginning: '2020-11-13T13:15:00.000-08:00'
end: '2020-11-13T13:45:00.000-08:00'
resources:
  internet_archive_identifier: SeaGL2020-Josh_Boykin-Gaming_for_Good_Using_Passions_and_Technology_for_Social_Change
presenters:
- name: Josh Boykin
  osem_url: https://osem.seagl.org/users/1077
  gravatar_id: 2d4840103976c68c3f2e801f0f800a8b
---

I'd love to give a talk about using the technology around us and our personal interests to make a social impact, and the ways that open doors to make broader change in unexpected ways. Using Intelligame as an example, I'd like to talk about starting a criticism website using Wordpress and beginning my career as a streamer, but also talk about the social contracts and policies I put together to build the community into a conscious, progressive collective that's raised over $20,000 for charities. Learning streaming also opened a space for me to work with organizations like the ACLU to help them organize online events, which powers even more activism. I think anyone can use the skills they have and the interests they enjoy to help make a difference so long as they connect with the right people and keep an open mind.
