Apply the communications tools and skills you already know, focusing on equitable storytelling. Learn about reframing and challenging dominant narratives that are incorrect and often harmful.

Agenda:

• 5:30 - 6 p.m. Registration, Networking, and Food
• 6 - 7:30 p.m. Program

Speakers:

• Eric Bronson, Digital Advocacy & Engagement Manager, YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish
• Erin Murphy, Communications Specialist, King County Department of Public Health, Best Starts for Kids
• Vy Tran, Prenatal to Five Workforce Development Lead, King County Department of Community and Health Services

They’ll be sharing tips for how to:

• Champion the power of the storyteller and accommodate their needs.
• Adapt to the challenges of the review and approval processes.
• Protect the privacy of storytellers while presenting a compelling human connection.
• Recognize the importance of equitable *visual* communications.
• Be cognizant of power dynamics and share back what has been gifted to you.

They'll draw from their experiences working:

• With families sharing stories that document program success, shape policy, respond to media, etc.
• As advocacy story curators, advocates, trainers, and brand managers.
• As members of families of storytellers who bring their cultural experience and identity to their work.