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Yndia Lorick-Wilmot

Safety and Prevention: Promising Directions for Reframing Criminal Justice Reform (Part 3 of 3)

by Yndia Lorick-Wilmot August 17, 2011 Framing in the Field

How can we lead people toward supporting criminal justice system reform? In our third installment on public safety,  we reveal the findings of our latest FrameWorks research report, Strengthen Communities, Educate Children and Prevent Crime: A Communications Analysis of Peer Discourse Sessions on Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform. This report presents the results from a [...]

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Reframing Public Safety for Progressive Criminal Justice Reform (Part 1 of 3)

by Yndia Lorick-Wilmot August 2, 2011 Framing in the Field

How do we effectively communicate to the public about the need to reform the criminal justice system? The FrameWorks Institute is working on a new project to provide a model for responding to the communications opportunities and challenges confronting criminal justice reform advocates. There are many different ways experts and advocates might tell the story about the need to [...]

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A FRAMER READS THE NEWS: REVISITNG VALUE, MODELS, CONTEXT, AND SOCIAL MATH

by Yndia Lorick-Wilmot November 29, 2010 Framer Reads the News

Ironically after my turkey-induced feeding frenzy, I came across this article “Diabetes or Prediabetes Predicted for half of Americans by 2020” (see below) about the growing impact chronic diseases, such as diabetes, will have on American citizenry.  As well intentioned the author is to alert the public to this growing health problem, a few questions [...]

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Reframing Budgets and Taxes

by Yndia Lorick-Wilmot November 15, 2010 Framing in the Field

Greetings Framers! Two weeks ago, voters in 40 states were asked to respond to a series of ballot measures on hot topic issues, such as health care, sales tax, and education.  With a stagnant national economy, the issue of budgets and taxes remained close to the heart and minds of the public. People are concerned [...]

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Food for Thought: A Reading Resource

by Yndia Lorick-Wilmot November 8, 2010 Framing in the Field

Greetings Framers: Framing is both a science and an art. It requires continued  mastery of the science of cognition as well as the art of practically applying messaging strategies to open the dialogue for collective action and social change. It’s important to remember that we all have the ability to build public will and understanding about [...]

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