The Healing Justice Alliance is committed to educating key stakeholders and the broader community on the adverse effects of trauma and finding ways to promote healing and safety in our communities. By working with young men of color who are survivors of violence to manage trauma, changing the community conditions that produce trauma, and communicating strategically about the importance of this approach, we are not only improving lives but also changing the public conversation about violence and trauma in our nation. At the core of this work is the understanding that trauma is preventable and that we, as a society, can and must support our young men of color who are impacted by it.
Because no one organization can change the narrative around trauma on its own, we are committed to working together to help each demonstration site hone its own core communications practices. With this approach in mind, this toolkit was compiled to help organizations of all different sizes and strategic aims identify and achieve their communications goals.
This toolkit is designed to be flexible, and contains hands-on worksheets that can be completed by members of your organization. If you have limited time or resources, you can focus your energies on key priority areas. If you want to write an effective letter to the editor, for example, you can use tool 11, “writing letters to the editor.” If you have an upcoming call scheduled with a reporter, you can review tool 9, “responding when a reporter calls.”
[For more on this toolkit, go to http://www.bmsg.org/wp-content...ions_toolkit2018.pdf]
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