In Episode 2, we continue our quest to rid advocacy communications of an overreliance on personal stories. Why? Research says: They backfire.
December 1, 2017 •While this film certainly educates viewers about the importance of Adverse Childhood Experiences to long-term well being, it also, albeit unwittingly, provides endless opportunity for implicit biases about race and poverty to be reinforced, and offers no actionable policy-based solutions. The effect is likely to leave viewers attributing responsibility for the problem to those portrayed - poor families of color - not to the structural conditions that created inequities.
August 28, 2017 •This blog posts explains research that should make advocates question their reliance on personal stories.
April 23, 2017 •
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