Changing how we talk about gangs and gang harm can deepen people’s understanding and build support for policies, practices and structures that will reduce gang harm and improve wellbeing for all communities.

Using the science of narrative and mindset shift, we can contribute to a future where gangs are just part of our communities in which people can live their lives, care for whānau and fulfil their aspirations.

This memo offers insights we as experts, advocates, and communicators, can use in our communication to divert people away from unhelpful shared mindsets, or ways of rationalising about the issue, while pointing them towards more helpful ones.

Read the memo