@BP_Survivor, do you think you could add a link of some kind to your post so mods don't have to remove it for Rule 2? Maybe a couple of anti-trafficking memes/graphics you've shared on Twitter or something to rally the troops?
Also: One tip for dealing with the press -- boil your message down to four or five pre-planned sound bites of what you really want to stick in people's heads, your most important stuff. Journalists cannot resist colorful, pithy quotes. They're like crack. Have one or two statistical factoids in our arsenal, as well. Stats on rising numbers of children being exploited would be a good place to start.
Then: Memorize these so you can say them any time, anywhere: they just roll off your tongue. Make your friends nail you out of the blue, over and over, with any tough, manipulative or provocative questions you can dream up that they might ask you -- and practice answering calmly in a way that leads you right into dropping your pre-planned, irresistable nuggets of truth. A good interviewee can bring any question back to his or her own talking points and make the interviewer feel they got good material.
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Vindicator ago
@BP_Survivor, do you think you could add a link of some kind to your post so mods don't have to remove it for Rule 2? Maybe a couple of anti-trafficking memes/graphics you've shared on Twitter or something to rally the troops?
Also: One tip for dealing with the press -- boil your message down to four or five pre-planned sound bites of what you really want to stick in people's heads, your most important stuff. Journalists cannot resist colorful, pithy quotes. They're like crack. Have one or two statistical factoids in our arsenal, as well. Stats on rising numbers of children being exploited would be a good place to start.
Then: Memorize these so you can say them any time, anywhere: they just roll off your tongue. Make your friends nail you out of the blue, over and over, with any tough, manipulative or provocative questions you can dream up that they might ask you -- and practice answering calmly in a way that leads you right into dropping your pre-planned, irresistable nuggets of truth. A good interviewee can bring any question back to his or her own talking points and make the interviewer feel they got good material.
Your courage is contagious.