Shifting the Narrative – Protecting our Futures, with Malkia Devich-Cyril

Episode 7 August 29, 2024 00:55:20
Shifting the Narrative – Protecting our Futures, with Malkia Devich-Cyril
The Anti-Authoritarian Podcast
Shifting the Narrative – Protecting our Futures, with Malkia Devich-Cyril

Aug 29 2024 | 00:55:20

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Show Notes

The stories we tell and how and to whom we tell them can be the difference between winning and losing in political struggle. Scot and Sue chat with Malkia Devich-Cyril from MediaJustice about the difference between communication strategy and narrative strategy. Short term communication strategy is helpful for the policy debates of today, but long term cultural change requires a deep understanding of narrative strategy. Authoritarians and political elites offer a false narrative rooted in fear and violence - how must we in the pro-democracy movement shift the narrative to protect our futures? What has worked for us in the past, and how might we adapt?

Guest Bio

Malkia Devich-Cyril, is an activist, writer and public speaker on issues of digital rights, narrative power, Black liberation and collective grief. Devich-Cyril is also the founding and former Executive Director of MediaJustice — a national hub boldly advancing racial justice, rights and dignity in a digital age. For over 20 years, Devich-Cyril has championed the media and technology rights of communities of color and other under-represented groups to demand and win equity in a digital age.

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