How progressive movements can build the content ecosystems needed to shift public debate.
You’ll learn from real-world efforts to build creator networks, movement infrastructure and narrative ecosystems to influence culture, politics and public opinion.
Pedro Telles from Democracy Hub will share lessons from movements around the world that are building the infrastructure needed to resist authoritarianism, drawing on insights from the Anti-Authoritarian Toolkit.
Chiara K. Cattaneo, co-lead of Elemental, will share how philanthropy can resource narrative power at the ecosystem level, funding across issues, disciplines and borders to build the conditions for long-term narrative change.
Richard Roaf from VideoRev will share lessons from innovative video projects with the TUC, Greenpeace, Amnesty and D-HUB to build the creator networks, trusted messengers and rapid-response systems needed to challenge the far right online.
Wednesday 8th July
1PM-2PM BST
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Learn how movements, creators and campaigners can work together to push back against authoritarianism.
Authoritarian movements and the far right have built ecosystems of creators, podcasts, politicians and clipping accounts that are shaping culture and setting the political agenda.
Progressive and democratic movements have the stories, talent and creativity to respond, but too often that work and its funding is fragmented across individual organisations, campaigns and creators. This webinar will explore how we can move from groups working in isolation to cut through on social media, to shared infrastructure that can help movements respond at scale.
Learn how movements can scale what works
We’ll explore:
- How authoritarians have built content ecosystems that shape culture and influence politics
- How funders can resource the infrastructure and long-term capacity needed for narrative change
- How creators, live streamers, media operations and clipping accounts are working together to shift debate
- How creators, campaigners and organisations can coordinate more effectively
- Lessons from VideoRev’s creator and training projects with TUC, Amnesty, Greenpeace, D-HUB and others
About your presenters
Pedro Telles, Democracy Hub
Pedro Telles is a Brazilian advocacy and public policy expert working across democracy, civic engagement and social movements. He is Programme Director at D-HUB, where he works on international efforts to help movements and civil society groups resist authoritarianism, including the Anti-Authoritarian Toolkit. Pedro is also a professor at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-RI), co-founder of Advocacy Hub, and a Senior Atlantic Fellow at the London School of Economics.
Chiara K. Cattaneo, Elemental
Chiara is co-lead of Elemental, a funder learning and grantmaking initiative that cultivates conditions to resource narrative power. She has worked for more than 20 years with grassroots organizations, INGOs, multistakeholder initiatives, and philanthropy in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Her background includes international cooperation, advocacy, storytelling, narrative work, and research.
Richard Roaf, VideoRev
Richard Roaf is the founder of VideoRev, where he works with campaigners, creators and organisations to use social media to shift narratives. He has created viral videos with over 100 million organic views, trained over 1,000 campaigners, and worked with organisations including Greenpeace, Amnesty International, TUC, Praxis and The Labour Party. He is now developing programmes that bring together creators, campaigners and organisations to scale what works.