Love this.. and love that you've referenced the Radical Love campaign in Istanbul.. I've often wondered about translating this into the UK and it feels like this might be the election to try it! Is this something you are working on? It's a brilliant example of experiential widening in a very practical way. Turkey does have a bit of a head start here with a Sufi-infused traditional culture (and Sufi handprints are all over that handbook!) but a UK-specific version feels doable, perhaps starting with experientially-widening workshops for progressive activists to help us get over ourselves...! Let me know if this is an area of work for you, if so I might be able to help
🙌 Very much chimes with what we're doing through ANTIDOTE - although ours is a specific focus on the storytelling component - which stories do the heavy lifting of connecting this approach with broad audiences, and how they need to be told for it to land best - featuring some of the same stories you've featured. Going well so far: https://mattgolding.substack.com and https://www.tiktok.com/@antidote_live
Thank you so much for the tribute to the South Devon Primary. As a co-founder, I was anxious to keep some momentum going and now have a women-led group who get out on the streets with our dem meter ( a visual 'fun' opinion poll) in order to have conversations to counter the Reform UK/right wing media narrative. We talk to Reform voters and sometimes get them to think again. We are very concerned lest progressive voters stay away next election (not in South Devon constituency where Voaden is doing a fab job) but elsewhere where disappointment with Labour is feeding disengagement.
We aim to go back to challenging locations over and over again, building a reputation for patient listening and informed arguments. Hoping cells will spring up all over once we get the website up!!
Love this.. and love that you've referenced the Radical Love campaign in Istanbul.. I've often wondered about translating this into the UK and it feels like this might be the election to try it! Is this something you are working on? It's a brilliant example of experiential widening in a very practical way. Turkey does have a bit of a head start here with a Sufi-infused traditional culture (and Sufi handprints are all over that handbook!) but a UK-specific version feels doable, perhaps starting with experientially-widening workshops for progressive activists to help us get over ourselves...! Let me know if this is an area of work for you, if so I might be able to help
🙌 Very much chimes with what we're doing through ANTIDOTE - although ours is a specific focus on the storytelling component - which stories do the heavy lifting of connecting this approach with broad audiences, and how they need to be told for it to land best - featuring some of the same stories you've featured. Going well so far: https://mattgolding.substack.com and https://www.tiktok.com/@antidote_live
Thank you so much for the tribute to the South Devon Primary. As a co-founder, I was anxious to keep some momentum going and now have a women-led group who get out on the streets with our dem meter ( a visual 'fun' opinion poll) in order to have conversations to counter the Reform UK/right wing media narrative. We talk to Reform voters and sometimes get them to think again. We are very concerned lest progressive voters stay away next election (not in South Devon constituency where Voaden is doing a fab job) but elsewhere where disappointment with Labour is feeding disengagement.
We aim to go back to challenging locations over and over again, building a reputation for patient listening and informed arguments. Hoping cells will spring up all over once we get the website up!!
Thanks so much Anthea - would love to have a chat some time if you'd be up for that! I'm at hello@larger.us if you'd like to follow up :-)