Who Gets To Tell the Story? Ethical Storytelling For Purpose Driven Individuals and Organisations, hosted by Our Race - BFGN Webinar Series #18

Who Gets To Tell the Story? An Ethical Storytelling Webinar For Purpose Driven Individuals and Organisations
Hosted by Our Race Community – BFGN Webinar Series #18

How can we amplify lived experience responsibly—without reinforcing harm or replicating power imbalances? And who truly gets to tell the story?

Join us for a thought-provoking 1-hour webinar led by the co-founders of Our Race Community, Dung Tran and Doug Cronin, as they introduce the Transformational Ethical Story Telling (T.E.S.T.) Framework—a groundbreaking tool designed to support purpose-driven organisations in telling stories that honour dignity, rights, and lived experience.

Whether you're in communications, events, evaluation, or community engagement, this webinar is for anyone who believes stories can drive social change—when told ethically.

Who Gets To Tell the Story? An Ethical Storytelling Webinar
📅 Date: Wednesday, 30 April 2025
⏰ Time: 12 PM Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane | 11:30 AM Adelaide, Darwin | 10 AM Perth | 2 PM Auckland
💻 Platform: Online
🎟 Cost: Free for BFGN members, $20 for non-members

What You’ll Learn & Do

Unpack the core principles and purpose behind the T.E.S.T. Framework, developed through deep collaboration with researchers, lawyers, creatives and storytellers

Explore real-world examples of how individuals and national organisations are applying the framework across events, communications, evaluations, and community-led storytelling

Reflect on how your own storytelling practices may unintentionally replicate power imbalances—and what it looks like to shift toward ethical, anti-racist storytelling

Walk away with practical insights to help you centre the voices, agency, and safety of Story Holders in your work

Speakers

Dung Tran – Co-founder, Our Race Community. An anti-racism storytelling mentor and advocate with deep lived experience, Dung brings personal and professional insight to the fight for narrative justice and inclusive storytelling.

Doug Cronin – Co-founder, Our Race Community. A storytelling strategist and PhD researcher, Doug led the development of the T.E.S.T. Framework and has spent years working alongside Story Holders and organisations to challenge how power and stories intersect.

About Our Race Community

Storytelling for Justice
Our Race Community is a pioneering anti-racism storytelling charity that champions authentic narrative representation. We partner directly with individuals and communities affected by racial and social injustices to amplify voices that have long been marginalised.

At the heart of our work is the Transformational Ethical Story Telling (T.E.S.T.) Framework, a tool built to uphold the fundamental rights and dignity of every individual. We believe storytelling can be a force for justice—when it’s guided by principles of co-creation, care, and accountability.

📅 Don’t miss this opportunity to rethink your approach to storytelling and learn how to use your platform to create lasting, ethical impact.

🔗 Register now and learn how to embed the T.E.S.T. framework into your storytelling practice.