Learn Better Ways to Talk About Social Justice Issues

The Opportunity Agenda helps people learn how to talk about social justice issues in ways that persuade others and create positive change. Based in New York, this organization teaches advocates, organizers, and artists how to use shared values and clear solutions when communicating about topics like immigrant justice and health equity. They offer many free tools and training programs. Their VPSA (Values, Problems, Solutions, Action) method helps people craft messages that connect with different audiences. The organization provides toolkits, research reports, webinars, and workshops. They run a Communications Institute and Culture and Narrative Fellowship for deeper training. Their Narrative Research Lab studies what messaging works best. The organization believes that good communication can build support for fair policies and create lasting networks between different types of changemakers. All their resources focus on values-based messaging that moves persuadable audiences toward supporting social justice causes. They offer activities ranging from 1-minute sign-ups to hour-long training sessions, making their tools accessible to people with different amounts of time to invest.

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