Fortifying Your Future

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A practical playbook for industry advocacy: builds a simple website and a Google Form, collects 200+ nominations, sorts them in Excel to publish the 50 over 50 list (cutoff at 50, 14 women included) and broadcasts it to media; starts a legal defense fund for contract and harassment support; recommends concrete actions — ask candidates about crunch in interviews, host studio open days to educate politicians, focus on one issue and recruit allies.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 2:38Embrace your personal challenges as your crucible
3. 7:22Make the conscious, deliberate choice to advocate
4. 7:43Evil triumphs when good people do nothing.
5. 11:37Be relentless against injustice.
6. 13:02Embrace your role
7. 14:12Embrace your influence
8. 16:26Create a personal advocacy strategy
9. 17:32Focus on the issue(s) that define(s) your righteous rage
10. 19:113. Inclusion: Those who create games must better reflect those who play them.
11. 20:43take, and then DO IT!
12. 24:24In a bid to combat industry ageism Game Advocacy unveils first 50 Over 50 list
13. 26:23Align yourself with like-minded people and act collectively
14. 28:24GAME WORKERS UNITE
15. 29:33Define your scope and then adhere to it; don't fragment
16. 32:01GAME CREATORS LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
17. 33:13Not all actions must be BIG and audacious
18. 33:32Demand Fairness in Media Coverage
19. 34:45Push for Equal Time in Mainstream Media
20. 35:15Be Relentless against Misinformation
21. 35:5026% think games are a waste of time
22. 37:22Engage the Public: Open the Black Box' of Game Creation
23. 40:30Pace yourself, enjoy incremental victories
24. 41:20Your goal is to change only your small piece of it.

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