Craig Dwyer, founder of ForaChange and Social Media Director for Yes Equality shares his learnings on unleashing the power of digital. Original article on Actbuildchange.org There has never been a better time for activists and organisations to harness the potential of campaigning in a digital world. Your campaign or organisation may already have a presence…
Listen to this story Changing minds is hard to do: When our most dearly held opinions — things like political convictions, religious beliefs, morals, and core principles — are challenged, our brains put up one hell of a fight to protect them. Research has shown that when deeply held beliefs are called into question, the amygdala, a…
Makeup and fashion groups can be the perfect way for LGBTIQ campaigners to reach some groups of women.
NEW POWER How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World—and How to Make It Work for You by Jeremy Heimans & Henry Timms Heimans, CEO of Purpose, which “builds and supports social movements,” and Timms, executive director of the 92nd Street Y, debut with an illuminating discussion of how technology and our rising expectations have enabled…
This low cost campaign got donor countries to give millions for the fight against tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV and AIDS.
Despite the criminalization of homosexuality in the country, 12,000 people joined the 5th Pride festival in the country (and the first one with a boat parade).
Czech trans activists sat down with us to talk about their We are Trans campaign promoting trans people\’s visibility and debunking misconceptions about their lives.
Think about the first time you heard the term ‘fake news’ – most likely it was uttered by Donald Trump, during his run for President in 2016. But although the term was new to most people even two years ago, the concept is painfully familiar to the LGBT community; after all, many grew up hearing…
Last year, posters appeared across Oregon ‘promoting’ Central Oregon Pride. Featuring a well-known drag performer, 10-year-old Desmond Napoles, the posters claimed that the pride event was sponsored by the North American Man/Love Boy Association. It was of course disinformation. A targeted campaign to try and link pride and sexual predators who prey on children. 2018…
We mostly think that we can bring about change by relying on people’s reason. But as social psychologist Jonathan Haidt wrote in The Righteous Mind, “Anyone who values truth should stop worshipping reason.” This is an edited excerpt of an article from thewholestory For decades, economists assumed that human beings were reasonable actors, operating in a…