Reaching out to medical practitioners
In order for briefs to be efficient in terms of engaging people to relate deeply and submit stories, they need to be rock solid in providing background information about the topic - short and well packaged, but to the point and credible. It is that background info that helps us contextualize issues and ask very good questions. It seems that especially for dementia and suicide, it would be great to have people with medical training sharing information or pointing us to useful resources.
Any way you guys can share the drafts linked above with your networks asking people what is it that they find most important to ask when it comes to coming up with effective, community solutions?
Also, let me know if you know professionals that are also good writers whom we can approach for writing stories in response to the themes - personal experiences and takes on the issue (example of a contribution)