Marvel’s Black Panther movie provides a unique opportunity for organizations working on environmental and racial justice issues to connect their work to a pop culture juggernaut.

Fans will be already developing responses to the movie’s story that have a political analysis. Fans will be looking for activism and actions to take inspired by the movie as we’ve seen from releases like Wonder Woman.

What if fans and nonprofit organizations actually get to know each other as the movie launches so we create a collaborative strategy that will use the free marketing the movie provides to further our causes?

Whether we do this or not there will be an enormous conversation about colonialism and black power happening in the wake of the movie. We want to make sure that superfans, cultural critics and folks from racial justice and environmental justice groups are all talking together about ways we can build off the movie's narratives to elevate issues like resource extraction, colonialism & racial justice (we suspect those will be themes since, what is Klaw but a way to talk about colonialism and resource extraction?).

OPENING SESSION I (30min): Black Panther in relation to social justice issues of today

GIF MAKING SESSION II (120min): Learn how to make GIFs that showcase the characters and overall storyline of the Black Panther movie

TWITTER CHAT SESSION III (60min): Plan an organized twitter chat for fans, activists and organization staff to discuss the movie through a political lens

ACTIVIST TOOLKIT SESSION IV (60min): Preview the latest Fandom Forward Black Panther toolkit and retool it with the latest information from the movie and post-movie online trends

FAN-ART VISUALIZATION SESSION V (45min): Interactive group discussion on what the content should be for a commissioned Black Panther illustration or image.