We’re back!
And after the year we just had there isn’t a more important time for anthropology to be front and center. We have a world of information the world needs to know, and now there’s an opportunity for you to add to the national and international conversations that affect all of us.
This fall, the American Anthropological Association is once again offering members the opportunity to take part in “Write to Change the World” workshops organized and facilitated by The Op-Ed Project – a think tank and leadership organization that accelerates the ideas and impact of underrepresented voices. They are a community of journalists and thought leaders who actively share knowledge, resources, and connections with stunning results. The workshops are 100% virtual with participants joining across an enormous range of identities, voices, and ideas.
Programs are based on time-tested models of transformational learning. Games, high stake scenarios, and live experiments challenge participants to think in new and bigger ways. You will explore the source of credibility; the patterns and elements of persuasion; the difference between being “right” and being effective; and how to think bigger about what you know—to have more impact in the world. Participants emerge with concrete results (op-ed drafts and more), and access to a national network of journalist mentors for individual follow-up.
AAA will pay the registration expense for those selected for the workshop. We will also arrange for special “coaches/mentors” to provide participants with feedback on topics, drafts, and placement choices post-workshop.
To be considered (you must be a AAA member), please submit by July 11, 2025:
- Your background and contact information
- A short - 750 words or less - writing sample aimed for a general audience (it doesn’t have to be a published piece)
- A brief paragraph on why this workshop matters to you and how it will make a difference
Please send all information to Jeff Martin.
Participant Op-Eds
- Science: Scientists as political advocates
- Dallas Morning News: A slow-motion coup in Guatemala may still be ongoing
- The Guardian: The myth of the college football family has nothing to do with love
- Inside Higher Ed: A Nonapocalyptic Vision of Graduate Education’s Future
- Newsweek: Read This Before Taking Photos of Indigenous Peoples While on Vacation
- Los Angeles Times: California will finally have indoor heat standards for workplaces — with a cruel exception
- New Age: Deadly India-Bangladesh border
- Chicago Tribune: Op-Ed: Why are companies refusing to fully embrace flexible work?
- Scientific American: Damar Hamlin’s Collapse Highlights the Violence Black Men Experience in Football
- National Center for Institutional Diversity: High School Students Are Not Going to Stop Thinking Critically
- The Times of India: In a world of fading antibiotic efficacy, will TB-free India remain a dream?
- The Conversation: Arab Americans are a much more diverse group than many of their neighbors mistakenly assume
- LA Times: The Hidden Dangers of Working in a Food Truck
- Shuddhashar: Where do the Jumma Indigenous Communities of Bangladesh Stand as the Country’s General Elections Approach?
- South Florida Sun-Sentinel: The Misguided Attack on Liberal Arts Education
- NY Times: Why Must Puerto Ricans Always Be Resilient?
- The Nation: Stop Telling Americans That They’re “Tired of Covid”
- LA Times: How Redlining Led to Extreme Heat in the Watts Community
- Salon: Biden’s “new normal” on COVID is neither normal nor new
- NY Times: For Puerto Ricans, Another Reminder That We Are Second-Class Citizens
- The Conversation: ‘Every day feels unsettled’ – educators decry staffing shortage
- MSN News (UK): Is it ‘Ukraine’ or ‘the Ukraine’?
- The Conversation: It’s ‘Ukraine,’ Not ‘The Ukraine.’ Here’s Why
- SF Chronicle: “Gavin Newsom’s SMARTER Plan for COVID Could Definitely Be Smarter.”
- Minneapolis Post: Let’s Help Teachers Hang on in 2022, and Beyond
- The Conversation: Teaching has Always Been Hard, but it’s Never Been Like This
- AL.Com: Banning discussion of race, gender sets dangerous precedent, undermines democracy
- The Baltimore Banner: Year after Curtis Bay explosion, ‘no coal for Christmas’ is message to CSX
- Ms. Magazine: Combating QAnon Conspiracies With Social Welfare Programs
- Chicago Tribune: Op-ed: Is ‘Shang-Chi,’ now the pandemic era’s biggest film hit, merely stereotyped cliches? In case you run into a paywall on the Tribune site, the piece can also be found here.
- The Conversation: India prepares for Kumbh Mela, world’s largest religious gathering, amid COVID-19 fears
- CNN: America’s COVID Victims Deserve a Memorial
- Washington Monthly: It’s Time to Send Every American Free At-Home COVID Tests
- NY Times: Opinion | The ‘West Side Story’ Remake We Didn’t Need
- LA Times: Surging overdose deaths are a tragic racial justice issue
- Greenville News: Opinion: Why city’s West Greenville plan must address the area’s racial inequities
- The Spinoff: Are we being inclusive enough of children in our pandemic response?
- The Spinoff: An update on Covid-19 for the kids of Aotearoa
- RNZ: Stop saying children are ‘resilient’
- CNN: The ‘clink clink’ of your New Year’s Eve toast has an icy backstory
- The Jugaad Project: Of Kiwi Fruit and Kewpie Dolls: The Wonder of Modern Alankara in Bangalore
- Public Books: Pandemic Déjà Vu
- Common Dreams: Dreamers' Children: Up to 200,000 American Kids Could be Left Parentless
- Vimeo: The Burning Lake
- Latino Rebels: The Fight for Immigrant Rights Is About Elevating Racial Justice, Too
- Leadville Herald: Time to Stop Dreaming and Take Action