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Suman Saurav
@sumansaurav.com
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Writes words for systemic change. Occasionally replies to text. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Strategic Comms by day, overthinking by night.🌀

🏳️‍🌈 Dalit, queer, neurodivergent.
✊🏾 If it needs to be loud, I’m on it.
📢 Talk to me about making advocacy talk!
📌 https://sumansaurav.com/
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Suman Saurav @sumansaurav.com · Mar 29
We’re offering PRO BONO comms support!

We had 6 sessions booked for just the launch day! This shows exactly how important it is to find collective sharing models for organising.

If you’re a grassroots community, please book a free comms and tech session with us. We truly hope we can support you!
commsforacause.org Comms For A Cause @commsforacause.org · Mar 29
🚨 AND WE’RE LIVE WITH PRO BONO COMMS SUPPORT 🚨

🌱 Whether you're a tiny team trying to get your message out
🧠 A brilliant but burnt-out collective figuring out your next campaign
💻 Or someone staring at Canva like it just insulted your grandmother

We got you.

💬 Website: commsforacause.org
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The latest article by our Co-lead, @sumansaurav.com is a tribute to queer communications, queer communicators, and the rebellious, relational, strategic ways our communities have created, connected, and resisted.

💥 Read the piece.
🏳️‍⚧️ Remember: Pride is not a campaign. It’s a protest.
sumansaurav.com Suman Saurav @sumansaurav.com · Jun 1
This #PrideMonth, I want to honour the legacy of queer & trans commsunications. Because everything we now call “nonlinear,” or “audience-centered”, queer folks were doing it long before it was cool.

Here’s to queer communications and queer communicators, across time, borders, and bodies. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #LGBTQ+
The First Pride Was a Riot. The First Press Release Was Probably Censored.
How queer comms has always been unique and ahead of its time. Pride Month is loud.
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June 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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This #PrideMonth, I want to honour the legacy of queer & trans commsunications. Because everything we now call “nonlinear,” or “audience-centered”, queer folks were doing it long before it was cool.

Here’s to queer communications and queer communicators, across time, borders, and bodies. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #LGBTQ+
The First Pride Was a Riot. The First Press Release Was Probably Censored.
How queer comms has always been unique and ahead of its time. Pride Month is loud.
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June 1, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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What do you do when your “let’s support a few orgs with comms and tech during this funding crisis” plan turns into seven full-blown strategies, a digital security guide, and three feminist trainings… in a month?

You cry a little. You scream into the group chat. And then you make a zine about it! 👇
commsforacause.org Comms For A Cause @commsforacause.org · May 19
🤔 What happens when two burnt-out nerds accidentally turn their group chat rants about capitalism into full-blown strategy support?

Apparently, THIS. 👇🏽

#CommsForACause #MovementComms #RadicalJoy #StrategyIsLoveWork #PayItForward #FeministInternet #QueerHope #GrassrootsPower
“Behind the Curtain at Comms for a Cause” written in playful script over a layered background with stars, torn paper, and a curtain illustration. Subtitle reads, “What a tiny team built in one month — with heart, politics, and way too many Google Docs.”
May 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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🚨BREAKING: Climate Comms Is Hard🚨

Not because you’re bad at it, Because no one gave you a map - just vibes, a panic timeline, & a broken Google Doc

Our founder @sumansaurav.com wrote the comms therapy manual you didn’t know you needed:
💥15 traps
💥15 fixes
💥0 chill

Read it. Download it. Tattoo it.
- COMMS FOR A CAUSE
Discover 15 common climate communications strategy traps—and how to fix them. This practical, hilarious, and deeply useful guide helps advocacy and comms teams navigate the chaos of climate messaging ...
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March 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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We’re offering PRO BONO comms support!

We had 6 sessions booked for just the launch day! This shows exactly how important it is to find collective sharing models for organising.

If you’re a grassroots community, please book a free comms and tech session with us. We truly hope we can support you!
commsforacause.org Comms For A Cause @commsforacause.org · Mar 29
🚨 AND WE’RE LIVE WITH PRO BONO COMMS SUPPORT 🚨

🌱 Whether you're a tiny team trying to get your message out
🧠 A brilliant but burnt-out collective figuring out your next campaign
💻 Or someone staring at Canva like it just insulted your grandmother

We got you.

💬 Website: commsforacause.org
March 29, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Shadowbanned on Instagram?

Here's a fully accessible, researched, & practical guide with 25+ tactics to bypass shadowbanning and boost visibility for advocates, activists, defenders, and communicators!

Took me an entire day to create. Hope you find this useful!

📌Link: bit.ly/BypassMetaCensorship
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March 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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📢Pro Bono Comms Support Invitation🌼

If you're a grassroots feminist, queer, or climate justice group with little to no comms budget, you shouldn’t have to choose between doing the work & telling the world about it.

Book a session! Let’s co-create communications that drive action: lnkd.in/dSkB925V
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March 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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The US funding freeze and attacks on rights are threatening feminist organisations.

Feminist Humanitarian Network (FHN) urges you to please take this short survey. Your response will inform how funding decisions are being made as the humanitarian system moves forward.

📌🖇️Survey: tr.ee/FHNsurv
Speak Your Truth: Impact of US Humanitarian Aid Freeze, Funding cuts & The Way Forward / Parlez franchement : l'impact du gel de l'aide humanitaire des États-Unis, les réductions de financement et la ...
Here’s why this matters and why your voice is critical. The US aid freeze, funding cuts, and attacks on rights are hitting feminist and grassroots organisations hardest. This survey is designed collec...
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March 18, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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How does Climate Communication 🌱 differ from most Feminist Advocacy Communications ✊🏾 ❓

Unlike feminist advocacy spaces, climate communications are dominated by technical experts and global institutions.

So how do we ensure that we navigate the unique challenges we face as climate communicators?
A digital collage-style graphic with bold white text reading "How Climate Communications Differ from Most Feminist Advocacy Communications." A subheading in smaller white text explains that climate advocacy is feminist advocacy but requires different communication approaches. A stylized hand holds a pocket watch with a butterfly perched on it, symbolizing time and transformation. Green question marks and abstract textures complete the background.
March 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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How do we ensure our advocacy remains impactful when funders pull back, authoritarianism rises, and narratives are actively weaponized against us?

❗ Here’s a (non-exhaustive) list of 8 things to keep in mind when developing or adapting your communications strategy in these times 👇🏾
A black-and-white background of a protest scene with people holding signs, overlaid with a digital illustration of a laptop with a megaphone on the screen. The megaphone emits pink sound waves. Two illustrated hands hold the laptop. The title reads: “How to Build a Communications Strategy That Adapts to Crisis & Uncertainty.” The bottom left features the logo "common insights" and credit "By Suman Saurav.
March 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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For trans-led groups impacted by the funding freeze: Kabir Patil and I are offering volunteer support in strategic communications, cybersecurity, web development, and more. If you or an organization you know needs help navigating this moment, please reach out: [email protected]

#Trans #LGBT
A crowd at a protest with people holding signs that read ‘Justice for Shukri’ and ‘Black Trans Lives Matter’. In the foreground, a person is holding a transgender pride flag. Text overlay reads: 'Trans-Led Groups Impacted by the Funding Freeze: We’re Offering Volunteer Support in Strategic Communications, Cybersecurity, Web Development, and More. Reach Out: info@sumansaurav.com.
March 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Women’s History Month is here, and there’s no better time to honor and celebrate the trans women who built the foundation of our freedom, rewrote history for all of us, and shaped our world!

#WomensHistoryMonth #TransWomenAreWomen #LGBTQ+ #LGBT #LGBTQIA+ #TransRight
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March 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Storytelling isn't about us. It’s about the community.

I have tried to break down 10 (non-exhaustive) principles of crafting non-extractive, trauma-informed storytelling that honors the community’s strength and ensures their needs come first. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
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March 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Fixed it
A meme featuring two panels. The first panel shows the text ‘All other species’ with a person sitting on a couch. The second panel shows a person standing and asking, ‘Is there life elsewhere in the universe?’ with the text ‘Corporate greed and institutional complicity’ over their face. The meme is a humorous commentary on environmental issues.
March 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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@openvoices.bsky.social is one of the most care-centeric, collective well-being focused & unmatchably thoughtful orgs I’ve had the privilege of getting to know. Their programs & resources on well-being & security are BRILLIANT. When they say holistic well-being, they truly walk the talk. AMPLIFY!! 🌼
openvoices.bsky.social Open Briefing @openvoices.bsky.social · Feb 28
We received 575 calls for assistance in 2024 - a 66% increase over 2 years.

In response, we provided 6k hours of holistic security support to activists + organisations at risk in 100 countries.

Find out more about the impact of our work in our new report.

www.openbriefing.org/blog/our-imp...
Our impact in 2024
The past year has been marked by profound challenges and widespread suffering for communities across the globe. Against this backdrop, Open Briefing received 575 calls for assistance from grassroots a...
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March 2, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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March is #WomensHistoryMonth, and we honor the resilience, strength, and brilliance of women who have shaped history, including the LGBTQ women, Black women, and women of color who have led movements, broken barriers, and paved the way for a more just world.

Tag a woman who inspires you 💗💛☁️
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March 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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As communicators, we often get pulled into the gravity of storytelling that serves data, metrics, and donor narratives. But what happens when we prioritize these over the voices of the very communities we’re trying to amplify?

#MovementComms #Storytelling #CollectiveNarrative #Extractivism
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March 1, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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The incredible work institutions like @gcadaptation.bsky.social & @greenclimate.fund are doing in locally-led adaptation is vital. Imagine the impact if they teamed up with feminist & queer #ClimateJustice orgs!

I've been thinking about this a lot lately. Finally decided to put my thoughts down. 👇🏾
Locally-Led Adaptation Needs Gender and Queer Justice: Let’s Fund It Like We Mean It!
The more I see global aid cutting funding for gender and climate justice and rise of anti-gender and climate policies and narratives, the more I go back to what I’ve learned as a feminist communicator...
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February 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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✨ Breaking Gender Stereotypes in Samalakha! ✨

Our gender sensitization workshop led by @mohinivoice.bsky.social brought youth & parents together for deep conversations on gender, identity & inclusion. Change begins with dialogue, & this was just the start! 🌿

#BeyondBinaries #GenderJustice
A digital event poster for Avira Foundation’s gender sensitization workshop titled ‘Breaking Gender Stereotypes: A Dialogue with Youth in Samalakha, Panipat.’ The collage features multiple photos from the workshop, showing Mohini Voice, the Founder & Co-Lead of Avira Foundation, leading discussions with a group of young participants. She is seen standing and speaking with expressive gestures in a pink sweater and jeans, engaging with the audience seated on the floor in a semi-circle. Other images capture participants, including young girls and boys, listening attentively, engaging in discussions, and taking notes. The poster has a vibrant purple and gold floral design, with the event title displayed in bold white text on a purple background. The Avira Foundation logo, featuring a raised yellow fist with laurel leaves, is placed at the bottom left corner.
February 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Avira Foundation organised a gender based discussion with young girls in Samalkha on 23rd February in which 42 girls participated, where gender and their rights were discussed openly and an attempt was made to strengthen their understanding about other gender based issues. @sumansaurav.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Feminist leadership is strategy, care & resilience. In tough times, we keep going—not alone, but together. 💜

This week, Mohini & I mapped bold plans for Avira Foundation, guided by our foremothers' dreams. There is strength in the collective. We move forward—together. Grateful! #FeministLeadership
avirafoundation.bsky.social Avira Foundation @avirafoundation.bsky.social · Feb 23
✨ Our Co-Leads in Action! ✨

When faith in the collective fuels every step, work becomes a space of joy, care & strength. This week, Mohini & @sumansaurav.bsky.social met to strategize bold plans for Avira Foundation. Guided by our ancestors’ dreams, we move forward—together. 🌿 Big things ahead! 💜
A digital collage-style image featuring a screenshot of a Google Meet video call between Avira Foundation’s Co-Leads, Mohini Voice and Suman. Mohini, on the left, is smiling warmly in a green hoodie, while Suman, on the right, is also smiling, taking a mirror selfie during the call with a snowy city view behind them. The image is decorated with soft watercolor flowers in pink, blue, yellow, and white, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere. A handwritten-style text banner at the top reads: "Co-Leads in Action! Dreaming, Planning, and Growing—Together." The Avira Foundation logo is placed in the top left corner, featuring a yellow raised fist surrounded by laurel leaves with the tagline "Resilient Voices, United Actions.
February 23, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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What a powerhouse she is!!! Always rooting for you Mohini! 🎉
avirafoundation.bsky.social Avira Foundation @avirafoundation.bsky.social · Feb 22
Our Founder & Co-Lead, Mohini Voice, is leading a gender workshop with youth in Samalakha, Panipat—creating space to question norms, explore gender beyond binaries & discuss #LGBTQ+ inclusion. Through dialogue & activities, we reimagine equity & build change.

📍 Feb 23 | Samalakha, Panipat, Haryana
A digital event poster for a gender workshop by Avira Foundation. The poster features a photograph of Mohini Voice, Founder & Co-Lead of Avira Foundation, speaking into a microphone with a determined expression. She is wearing a traditional saree. The background is soft beige with artistic illustrations of pink and blue flowers, and rainbow flags symbolizing LGBTQ+ inclusion. A yellow label with a megaphone icon reads 'WORKSHOP'. Below, bold white text on a purple background announces the event: 'Breaking Gender Stereotypes: A Dialogue with Youth in Samalakha, Panipat.' The event details are displayed with icons: '23 February 2025' and 'Samalakha, Panipat.' The Avira Foundation logo, with the tagline 'Resilient Voices, United Actions,' is placed in the bottom right corner.
February 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Some works are so close to the heart that you wanna protect them fiercely—tucked away in the deepest part of your soul, untouched by anything that could dull its light. That's @avirafoundation.bsky.social for me.

Co-leading this has been an incredible journey!

Follow along—there’s so much ahead. 🌼
avirafoundation.bsky.social Avira Foundation @avirafoundation.bsky.social · Feb 22
What happens when women, girls, trans, non-binary & other gender-diverse people step into the power that was always theirs?

Everything changes. Communities transform. Barriers fall. The future looks brighter—not just for them, but for everyone.

That’s the world we’re building at Avira Foundation!✨
A vibrant group of women and gender-diverse individuals of various ages, dressed in colorful traditional and modern clothing, stand together with raised fists in a powerful gesture of solidarity and strength. Some are smiling, while others have determined expressions, embodying resilience and unity. Among them, a few children are present, symbolizing intergenerational empowerment. The background features a soft pink and orange gradient with delicate, hand-drawn floral illustrations, adding a sense of warmth and community.
February 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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As a Global Advocacy & Movement Comms Strategist, I can’t ignore this question anymore-are social media platforms still worth occupying if they keep removing protections for marginalized communities?

At @ilgaasia.bsky.social Conference, APTN's Yodmuang will be moderating this critical discussion!
A digital graphic poster for the ILGA Asia Conference 2025, organized by the Asia Pacific Transgender Network. The background features a purple floral pattern. At the top, the conference logo and the Asia Pacific Transgender Network logo are displayed. The main visual shows an illustration of a diverse group of people facing a large transgender pride flag. The session title, “Unmask Organized Transphobic Attack: Understanding Anti-trans movements across Asia and our fightback,” is displayed in bold purple text on a white speech bubble-shaped overlay. Below, the event details state: "27th Feb 2025 | 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Room: Megha."
February 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Next reading: therapist suggested ✨

No Bad Parts by Richard C. Schwartz. Have you read it?

#2025BookChallenge #Book2of2025 #HealingTrauma #InternalFamilySystem
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February 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM