The GLAAD Media Institute kicked off a five city Australian training tour in Melbourne, in partnership with The Equality Project.

The #GLAADinstitute is in AUSTRALIA doing 8 trainings in 5 cities, teaching LGBTQ advocates how to harness the power of media to accelerate acceptance. There’s still space available in Perth, Brisbane, and Sydney: t.co/3kTvTZnsMk pic.twitter.com/wAccwo7FgN

— GLAAD (@glaad) October 4, 2019

Ross Murray, Senior Director of the GLAAD Media Institute led a room of 50 advocates representing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer organizations and individuals. Advocates in attendance were working on suicide prevention, health care, transgender representation, the arts, elder representation, the bisexual community, and a host of other topics.

The course held in the offices of Mercer, titled “Building a Media Strategy for Long Term Change,” and focused on building campaigns that call for positive change in the world, with an extra emphasis on digital campaigns.

From Melbourne, the GLAAD Media Institute will lead master classes in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, and Sydney. It is the fourth training visit in collaboration between the GLAAD Media Institute and The Equality Project.

What an amazing crew! Thank you @inlayterms for a fantastic day. Thank you @MercerAu for hosting our #BetterTogether training academy in Melbourne. Next step: Perth! #GLAADInstitute pic.twitter.com/XpaBf3THnP

— The Equality Project (@EqualityProj_au) October 4, 2019

The GLAAD Media Institute enables people to build the core skills and techniques that effectuate positive cultural change. Since 2017, it has trained over 10,000 advocates, storytellers, and everyday people wanting to deepen their media impact. Learn more and register for an upoming course at www.glaad.org/institute.