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October 11, 2018 By Susan C. Strong

GOTV Plus: Revisiting How to frame it “American” Now

If you are doing GOTV this fall, you will be given a party script, of course. But it’s always good to have some more ideas about what else to say, if you get into a real conversation. So here is some review on how to “speak American” now. These days the political framing challenge we […]

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July 9, 2018 By Susan C. Strong

How to frame it “American” Now

These days the political framing challenge we face is greater than any we’ve faced in a long time. While it is absolutely vital to avoid repeating the frames, words, and memes our president tweets or uses in any way, shape, or form, even to negate or critique them, there is a great deal more we […]

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Filed Under: American Politics Tagged With: #DCcorruption, #election, #GunSafety, #ICEchildAbuse, #PoliticalFraming, #tariffs, #TaxBill, #voting, healthcare, organizing, voters

January 30, 2017 By Susan C. Strong

Getting Heard Beyond the Choir

Getting Heard Beyond the Choir by Susan C. Strong Foreword: Although events are moving faster every minute in our country right now, it is still true that we need to get heard well beyond the choir, even as the “choir” swells with each new outrage. For example, impeachment will require very broad public pressure to […]

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Filed Under: American Politics Tagged With: AmericanValues, ClimateChange, Congress, Dictatorship, framing, GOP, Impeachment, Language, organizing, Resistance, Trump, voters

December 3, 2016 By Susan C. Strong

Say: “Clean Energy Jobs Now!”

Right now we’re in the aftermath of Election 2016, with President-Elect Trump heading for the Oval Office.   Added to what’s happened to Congress, climate protection is likely to be under heavy attack. Who, then, is our audience for doing what? And how should we talk to them about the issue? First, a little more context. […]

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