Collective Action
We exist campaign
Lebanese-Palestinian activist Manal Kortam chose a symbolic campaign name for a symbolic candidacy to Lebanon's parliamentary elections set to take place on May 6.
As a Palestinian refugee born and raised in Lebanon, she is unable to legally apply as a candidate, so instead she chose to highlight the lack of rights for Palestinians, women and other marginalised communities with the "We Exist" campaign.
"Seventy years in Limbo. Time to be seen. We do exist. We deserve a life," reads a tweet for the campaign, which was first set out to highlight the situation of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
Date:
May 11, 2018
Actors/ Mobilising structures:
Campaign
Mode of Action:
Online campaign
Objective:
Solidarity with minorities (sexual, ethnic, migrants etc)
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA:
Political recognition inclusion
Spatial characteristics:
Virtual/ digital
Frequency:
Episodic