Tool: Foster Helpful Information Spread

This is one of 15 civic engagement tools to Shift the Country.

Quick Overview:  Foster Helpful Information Spread

People, teams, and initiatives can:  1) Pressure civic, business, and other institutions to lead on public health and other crisis-related messages that can save lives, reduce spread, reduce healthcare impacts, etc.  2) Build media literacy, discern truth, vet/verify crisis-related news/information, identify reliable information sources, and fight disinformation.

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Details on how to use this and the other 15 civic engagement tools are under construction as we're a brand-new nonprofit, created in the summer of 2020 to deal with multiple crises in the US.  More information on this tool is coming ASAP!
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More details, discussion, and examples on how to use this tool in the tagged resources below.  Some of the resources below show how you can combine the 15 civic engagement tools, and/or how they can be applied to the 10 structural areas.

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