Threads of Change
Social Media Toolkit
About
Threads of Change is the Cultural Engagement Lab’s electoral campaign that unites diverse communities, including organizers, artists, and influencers, to foster dialogue and drive voter mobilization through creative expression. By using data storytelling and art, the campaign combats disinformation on key issues like health equity, immigration, and climate policy, particularly in underrepresented communities of color in swing states like Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina. The goal is to empower these communities, advance narratives of collaboration, and shift the focus to cultural traditions as solutions for a more sustainable future.
How to Use This Resource
Help us amplify the impact of Threads of Change by sharing our videos, animations, and illustrations across your social networks! Use the links and captions provided below to spread the word and encourage your community to engage with this important campaign. When posting, be sure to:
1. Tag all organizations and credited individuals
2. Use our campaign hashtags (#ThreadsOfChange #CulturalEngagementLab)
3. Feel free to include a brief personal message to make your posts more relatable.
Together, we can use art and storytelling to inspire change!Questions or connections? Reach out to us at info@engagementlab.org
Georgia
Vote Early
Diyah Najah
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Voting early is a hard-earned right that many are working to protect—because accessible voting options matter. Voting early helps ensure your voice is counted without the rush, and you have time to confirm that your vote has safely made it to your local clerk’s office. Let’s make our voices heard and stand for voting accessibility! #VoteEarly #ThreadsOfChange #ProtectTheVote
Voterizer Politicatron
Fabian Williams
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Voter suppression can’t stop us! People power is alive and thriving in Georgia, and Black voter turnout is essential for equitable representation – especially in the face of gerrymandering and redlining that seek to silence our voices. In 2020, over 33% of presidential voters in Georgia were Black, showcasing the critical impact we can make when we stand together. Let’s continue to uplift our communities and ensure every voice is heard. Your vote is your power!
Artwork by @occasionalsuperstar
#BlackVotesMatter #GeorgiaElection
Dreams Deferred
Diyah Najah
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Inflation is putting dreams on hold, making it harder for families to find stable, affordable housing. Access to affordable homes is essential for thriving communities of color where everyone has a chance to build a future. This is particularly relevant in counties in the Black Belt where policies are enacted that drive cost and displace families. Let’s vote for fair housing and keep dreams alive.
Artwork by @artistdiyahnajah for @engagementlab #ThreadsofChange #Georgia #BlackBelt
Home of the Brave
Sean Fahie
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🏡📢 Housing inflation, combined with an unlivable minimum wage, is driving gentrification that displaces the most vulnerable among us—primarily low-income residents and people of color. This crisis isn’t just about housing; it’s a stark reflection of systemic inequality. We must vote for fair wages and affordable housing to protect historic counties in the Black Belt region, which inflation affects the most.
Artwork by @seanfahie for @engagementlab
#ThreadsofChange #GeorgiaVotes
Growth Makes Cents
Courtney Brooks
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Empowering Georgia’s youth starts with economic elevation. Affordable housing, quality education, and accessible healthcare are the foundations for their future. When we invest in these, we equip the next generation with the tools to thrive and lead.
Artwork: Growth Makes Cents by @cbrooksart for @engagementlab
#ThreadsOfChange #GeorgiaVotes
The Power of the Black Vote in GA
Cultural Engagement Lab
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Despite redistricting challenges, Black voters in Georgia hold immense political power. By showing up to the polls, they can vote on critical issues like inflation, reproductive justice, education, housing, and more. Every vote strengthens our communities and drives progress for a fairer, more equitable future. Now is the time to use that power and make our voices heard! #BlackVotersMatter #PowerInOurVote #ThreadsOfChange
Community Power
CoolCoolCool Productions
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Vote early in Georgia! Inspired by the strength and resilience of the residents in the historic Black Belt of GA, let’s cook up some community power! It takes all of our votes to demand affordable housing, accessible healthcare, reproductive justice, and more in this upcoming election. Go to TheGeorgiaVoterGuide.com to get informed today! What are you putting in the pot?
#ThreadsOfChange #VoteGeorgia
Created with @coolcoolcoolproductions
Director @worleybirdpictures
Producer @laurajaynescott
Director of Photography @Kanishkgrover
Gaffer @jatrauscht
Editor @spencerwastaken
Writer@markkendallcomedy
Actors:
Rickey Boynton @rickeyrandom
Mark Kendall
North Carolina
Uterus on Tobacco Road
Asata Golf
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In North Carolina, like many other states, our reproductive rights are under attack. We deserve complete control over our bodies and our futures. No one should dictate what we do with our uteruses. We demand the right to choose by voting for safe access to abortion in the upcoming election.
Artwork: Uterus on Tobacco Road (2024, Mixed Media) by @assatasmagic for @engagementoab
Poem co-created with Naeemah Kelly and Kynita Stringer-Stanback.
Photographer: Madilyn Nixon-Taplet
#ThreadsofChange #CulturalEngagementLab #ReproductiveJustice #NorthCarolin
Heartbeat
Derrick Beasely
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🌍✨Our connection to the land is the heartbeat of our health and well-being. In North Carolina, when we vote for climate solutions, we’re not just supporting environmental initiatives; we’re strengthening our communities. A resilient climate fosters resilient people. Together, we can protect our natural resources, ensure clean air and water, and create sustainable futures for generations to come. Let’s stand united for our land, and our health, and vote to protect Black Farmers!
Video featuring @by @derrickbeasely for @engagementlab Threads of Change program.
#NorthCarolinaVotes #ClimateSolutions
Rural Realities
Napoleon Wright
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Rural communities are on the front lines of climate change. By voting for climate solutions, we protect our lands and livelihoods. Together, our voices can drive the change we need. 🌳
Artwork by @napwright for @engagementlab
Arizona
El Derecho A Vivir En Paz
Stephanie Castro
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Our future generations rely on us to protect the mothers bringing them into the world. In Arizona, the Indigenous maternal mortality rate increases, and accessibility to safe healthcare, wellness programs, and abortion are more important than ever. Vote for health for Indigenous and immigrant communities 🗳️
From the artist @girasol.del.sur
“This piece honors the sacred act of bringing life into the world, a testament to the resilience of those who have traversed mountains, crossed rivers, and shed their own blood to protect their families and nurture life rooted in love and peace.
Titled El Derecho a Vivir en Paz—The Right to Live in Peace—the work draws from the song of the same name by Chilean singer and political activist Víctor Jara, who was killed for his vision of a better world founded on human dignity. As a doula and birth worker, I felt this message deeply, especially while reflecting on the troubling reality that pregnancy-related deaths in Arizona have risen by 44%, with Indigenous women disproportionately affected.
The illustration depicts a pregnant brown woman sitting atop the U.S.-Mexico border wall at the Rio Grande. Their body disrupts the barbed wire, creating space for their pregnant body near waters that have nourished life and culture for time immemorial. It’s a moment of connection between the unborn and the timeless sound of the river—an act of reclamation, resistance, and ancestral continuity.”
#ThreadsofChange #Arizona #Abortion #ReproductiveJustice
Legalize Healthcare
Goolam Saber
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Legalize access to healthcare in Arizona, where rising maternal mortality rates are affecting every demographic. As reproductive rights are stripped away from BIPOC communities, the health and lives of all women and birthing people are at greater risk. Let’s vote to protect healthcare for all. 🚨Proposition 139, the Right to Abortion Initiative, is on the ballot in Arizona this year. Voting YES supports providing the fundamental right to abortion.
Artwork by @goolam_artist for @engagementlab
#Abortion #Prop139 #ArizonaVotes #ThreadsOfChange
Pro-Choice PSA
Pro-Choice AZ, Mango Skies Production
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At the crossroads of the medical system and family separation, BIPOC families in Arizona face disproportionate challenges. Limited access to healthcare, the stigma around substance use, and the criminalization of poverty create barriers that put birthing people and their children at risk. With few facilities offering support for mothers struggling with substance use, we must advocate for change. Support the Prenatal Substance Use Treatment and Privacy Act to ensure all families receive the care they deserve. Together, we can dismantle these inequities. #SupportBIPOCFamilies #HealthEquity #ThreadsofChange
Produced by @engagementlab in partnership with @prochoiceaz
Video created by @mangoskiesproduction
