This month: join our webinar on deep canvassing and read our 5 tips on maternal health, plus a new #PowerofPop video
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Fandom + Futurism with Tia & Porshèa
The ability to see a piece of ourselves in the stories of others—to share in a protagonist’s pain and their joy—is what makes pop culture an engaging and powerful vehicle to inspire audiences and create change.
It’s
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We recently sat down with TOA researchers Dr. Tia Smith and Porshèa Patterson-Hurst to talk about how futurism inspires them and their work to organize online fandoms or community-led cultural celebrations of “playing mas.”
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visit the show notes<[link removed]> to learn more about our work, their activism, and communities where you can plug-in and play more.
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Celebrating AAPI Labor Activism
There's a rich history of
Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) activists<[link removed]> organizing for labor rights in the United States. From farmworkers Philip Vera Cruz and Larry Itliong to Red Canary Song’s advocacy to decriminalize sex and massage work in honor of Yang Song,
meet the AAPI labor organizers<[link removed]> on our list and
nominate your o​wn activists<mailto:
[email protected]?subject=AAPI%20labor%20rights%20organizers> to add to it!
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Register Now: NRL Webinar
Whether you’re seasoned in deep canvassing or hearing it for the first time,
don’t miss the conversation tomorrow<[link removed]> with Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition. This training will seek to equip community leaders to effectively engage others in difficult conversations on hot button issues.
Join us to learn how this tactic<[link removed]> can deepen engagement in your canvassing campaigns.
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5 Tips: Black Maternal Health
This month, we
released five tips<[link removed]> to help you craft conversations that improve the public’s understanding of Black maternal health, shift narratives, and lead to policy change. From navigating the impact of implicit bias to institutional injustices, racism continues to disproportionately harm Black mothers at rates that outpace their white peers.
Use our tips<[link removed]> to reframe the conversation and advocate for community solutions.
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Subscribe Today: Editorial Calendar
Did you know you can subscribe to our
editorial calendar<[link removed]>?! Our new and improved design includes a subscription button in the bottom, right corner that syncs to Google, Outlook, iCalendar…you name it! Add it to your work calendar and toggle the hooks on-and-off as you plan your campaigns. It’s fully automated and will update as we add or change hooks.
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🎥 Watch Our Full Watchmen Series
All three of our #PowerofPop social media videos reviewing HBO’s Watchmen are now live, and
you can watch all of them on our blog<[link removed]>. Five years since it premiered, the acclaimed TV series continues to powerfully illuminate the white supremacist ideas and policies baked into American society.
In fact, the whole premise of the show rests on the belief that we can and must take actionable steps toward racial repair and justice in our communities.
📚 How can pop culture prevent the erasure of history from our public education and consciousness?
🕵🏻‍♂️ How can allies develop our superpowers to spot white supremacist lies?
⚖️ And what would it look like to create a federal program for reparations?
We explore all these questions in our series.
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