to watch
https://www.storycenter.org/stories
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to read
https://abahlali.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Frantz-Fanon-A-Dying-Colonialism.pdf
https://content.app-us1.com/qqV5X/2026/01/21/d007c49e-3a7f-4a69-8211-bde815f567f4.pdf?id=43424132&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Here%20s%20Your%20Trends%20Report%20Download%20Link&utm_campaign=Trends%20Download
https://www.deccanherald.com/education/clubs-help-young-girls-navigate-their-way-3088689
https://mediajustice.org/tools/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/25046069
https://blog.witness.org/2012/03/kony-2012-juggling-advocacy-audience-and-agency-when-using-video4change/
https://2024report.apc.org/
https://engagemedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/VideoChronicEnglish.pdf
https://www.un.org/en/department-global-communications/getting-news-out
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/cms-360-introduction-to-civic-media-fall-2012/pages/syllabus/
🪜 Step [[1]] — Understand the Field
[[1]]. Development communication - Wikipedia
→ Development communication - Wikipedia
Intro + participatory approach ~15 min
2. Challenge for Change
→ Challenge for Change - WikipediaThe origin story of participatory media ~15 min
3. Communication for Development Network
→ Communication for Development NetworkBrowse projects and timeline ~10 min
Storytelling as [[political]] change ~[[15]] min
5. Vincent Carelli | Ashoka
→ Vincent Carelli | AshokaVideo and Indigenous rights in Brazil ~10 min
6. Video for Change: A Guide
→ https://library.uniteddiversity.coop/Media_and_Free_Culture/Video_for_Change-A_Guide_for_Advocacy_and_Activism.pdfSkim the advocacy storytelling sections ~15 min
🛠️ Step 3 — Learn from Courses & Strategy
2026 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report
→ [2026 Nonprofit Communications Trends: Key Findings from the Report - Nonprofit Marketing Guide (NPMG)]
(2026 Nonprofit Communications Trends: Key Findings from the Report - Nonprofit Marketing Guide (NPMG))
Key findings, what works now ~[[15]] min
8. MIT: ICTs in Community Development (old)
→ Syllabus | Information and Communication Technologies in Community Development | Urban Studies and Planning | MIT OpenCourseWareSyllabus overview ~10 min
9. MIT: Media Technology and City Design
→ Syllabus | Media Technology and City Design and Development | Urban Studies and Planning | MIT OpenCourseWareCheck the Digital Storytelling Cookbook link inside ~10 min
10. MIT: Planning Communication
→ Planning Communication | Urban Studies and Planning | MIT OpenCourseWareComms strategy framework ~10 min
💬 Step 4 — Communication [[Craft]]
MIT: Introduction to Civic Media→ Syllabus | Introduction to Civic Media | Comparative Media Studies/Writing | MIT OpenCourseWareCommunities using media for civic change ~10 min
12. MIT: Current Debates in Media
→ Current Debates in Media | Comparative Media Studies/Writing | MIT OpenCourseWareContemporary media issues ~10 min
13. Intro to staff newsletters
→ Intro to staff newslettersPractical newsletter structuring condimet ~10 min