calendar_month Date: June 20, 2024
schedule Time: 1:00 pm Eastern
Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash
Speakers
How to Use Comedy for Social Change
A comedian and an advocate walk into a bar…
This could be the start of a great joke OR a new kind of communication strategy to change hearts and minds on pressing issues like reproductive justice, criminal legal reform or immigration. In our work as communicators, we often lean towards the serious, dramatic and factual. But humor has the power to connect to people in different ways that aren't just the facts. A panel of researchers, funders and public interest communication experts will share how bringing together unlikely partners to leverage comedy for human rights is the best idea you have (possibly) never considered.
We’ll explore:
Research about how comedy functions and works for social change
Examples/case studies about leveraging comedy for social change and human rights
How and why funders should support this work
Tips for integrating comedy and other cultural strategies into your work
