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Frame Shift: Changing How We See and Support Young People

Nat Kendall-Taylor, Mackenzie Price

(2020, June 29). Frame Shift: Changing How We See and Support Young People. Reaching Teens: Strength-Based, Trauma-Sensitive, Resilience-Building Communication Strategies Rooted in Positive Youth Development, (2nd ed.), xvii-xix.

Reframing Adolescence: Holding Youth to High Expectations and Refuting Undermining Portrayals

Jennifer Nichols

(2020, June 29). Reframing Adolescence: Holding Youth to High Expectations and Refuting Undermining Portrayals. Reaching Teens: Strength-Based, Trauma-Sensitive, Resilience-Building Communication Strategies Rooted in Positive Youth Development, (2nd ed.), 41-53.

Topic #13: Framing for as long as it takes

Framing COVID-19 Topic #13: Framing for as long as it takes Daily events may seem unpredictable right now, but they reflect long-standing issues. Coronavirus is new, but the challenge of...

Communicating about Peacebuilding: Challenges, Opportunities, and Emerging Recommendations

In this video FrameWorks joins PartnersGlobal and the Alliance for Peacebuilding for a presentation on the Frameworks Institute's peacebuilding research. 

Recommendation #2

Advance a positive vision of educational opportunity that centers race.

Framing Tip: Show the Positive Effects of Investing in Public Education

Examples make for great talking points, which can then be applied to all types of communications materials, including an “elevator speech.” These short blurbs help communicators readily share...

Framing Stories of Success

Success stories—of programs, people, and policies—are a key feature of social change communications.

Framing Social Media

Even small language choices can have a significant and measurable effect on how the public thinks about and understands social issues. Meaningful issue engagement on social media is not just about...

Recommendation #3

Tell an aspirational story about community schools using specific, concrete examples.

Storyteller’s Checklist

This resource is designed to help communicators make better use of story as an advocacy tool. The following list is designed to move storytellers for social change away from the idea that “any...

Making the Case for Equitable and Just Public Education: Core Story of Education Messaging Strategies

The Core Story of Education has been successful in reframing public education, not as something that needs to be dismantled or built anew, but rather as a system with a strong structure and...

Changing the Narrative on Public Education

Welcome to Changing the Narrative on Public Education, a communications toolkit designed to help advocates talk more effectively about the current needs and future possibilities of public education.