On Social Media For Social Change

At my school, the student body uses a Quantum account-- an e-mail, chat, and mass messeging center-- to promote and instigate change in our school community. I am on the student senate, and when we want to create change in our school community-- whether it be regarding student health and stress, bullying, or overall school "culture"-- we get a lot of our input regarding how to address these issues over Quantum. Anyone in the school community, be it teacher or student, can post his concerns and ideas for improvement on Quantum via the "chat" tool, which acts as a chat room between all the people in the school community. Posts by teachers and students are commented on by other teachers and students, and this talk online turns into public school forums, which turns into tangible change within the school community. Quantum is a vital social media tool that allows people to discuss, and create, necessary social changes in our school and local community, and it makes participation in the "change" process accessible to anyone in my school because it is convenient to use and easily accessible.