Hearsay is a storytelling card game about contraception and safer sex. It’s also a game about relationships, emotions, and social networks. Playtesters have compared it to collaboratively writing a soap opera out loud. The Game Changer Chicago Design Lab made Hearsay for high school sex ed classrooms to prompt discussions about birth control and safer … Continue reading GCC Introduces “Hearsay,” a New Storytelling Sex Ed Card Game
By Marquez Rhyne Director, Transmedia Story Lab Last year, Ci3’s Transmedia Story Lab (TSL) launched Kissa Kahani, a two-year, international project that uses multimedia approaches, storytelling, and novel research techniques to better understand and promote gender equity in the urban areas of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. In Hindi, Kissa Kahani loosely translates as “anecdotes and stories.” We landed … Continue reading Kissa Kahani’s Anecdotes and Stories
Members of the Ci3 policy team are currently involved in policy discussions and a workgroup to support confidentiality protections for young people seeking sexual and reproductive health care services in Illinois. Research has shown that young people’s concerns about receiving confidential care regarding sexual and reproductive health services can play an important role in their … Continue reading The Case for Strengthening Confidentiality Protections for Youth in Illinois
By Bea Malsky, A/V Specialist Game Changer Chicago Design Lab Marlon is 16. He just came out to his mom. He’s not quite sure how to talk to her about his sexuality, but he’s worried he might have been exposed to HIV. He barely has time to think about health between his restaurant job and … Continue reading HIV and “The Test” – A New Game Prototype From GCC
