1. Use of Social Media for development of people in Communities in Tension By Marlon Parker RLabs

5. “ A Community in Tension is where the wellbeing of Citizens are being threatened”

7. “ Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.” Lin Yutang

8. Impacted… 2007

9. Athlone Living Lab (ALL)… 2008

10. “ A reconstructing interaction space for collaborative design, creation, dissemination and application of knowledge for empowerment , upliftment and development of people and communities in or headed for tension through the use of innovation ” Reconstructed Living Lab (RLabs)… 2009

11. Community Social Media Mom 3.0 SM Teens Senior Mobile Sessions The Reconstructed

12. Community Stories

13. Community Spaces

14. # Social Media Trainers: 16 # Trained in Social Media: 276 # of Mobile Subscribers: + 80,000 # of Interactions: +2,500,000

15. Stories of Hope Digital Voice Community Education Empowerment Upliftment

16. Reconstructing Citizens

17. Reconstructing Communities

18. “ Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

19. Thank You www.rlabs.org www.marlonparker.co.za [email_address] Marlon Parker @marlonparker marlonct +2721 469 1138 +2721 637 4037 +2776 403 4920