NI Blog

Here you will find case studies, interviews, insights, and reflections from staff.

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From creating a show about Asian women in America in a small New York City theater to producing TV episodes...

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Silky Shah is the Executive Director of Detention Watch Network, a national coalition building power to abolish immigration detention in...

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Two weeks ago, Narrative Initiative took our goodies to the Facing Race conference in Phoenix. The conference is sponsored by...

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Emily Ramirez is a queer Dominican woman, born and raised in NYCHA housing in Brooklyn, and is currently contracting with...

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Adam Nyang is a Gambian who recently completed her Bachelor’s degree in English Studies. She has always been passionate about...

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Ellen Bravo is a long-time activist and author who’s spent decades organizing among low-wage women from a social justice feminist...

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The Changemaker Authors Cohort, a partnership with the Unicorn Authors Club, is a new, yearlong intensive coaching program supporting full-time...

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Beth Howard is the Appalachia Organizing Director for Showing Up for Racial Justice where she is directing transformational basebuilding campaigns...

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The Changemaker Authors Cohort, a partnership with the Unicorn Authors Club, is a new, yearlong intensive coaching program supporting full-time...

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Malkia Devich Cyril, is a writer, public speaker and award winning activist on issues of digital rights, narrative power, Black...

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The Changemaker Authors Cohort, a partnership with the Unicorn Authors Club, is a new, yearlong intensive coaching program supporting full-time...

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The Changemaker Authors Cohort, a partnership with the Unicorn Authors Club, is a new, yearlong intensive coaching program supporting full-time...

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Read the Full Report: Building Narrative Infrastructure in Minnesota, August 2019 Narrative Initiative was founded in 2016 to build a...

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What is the difference between narrative and messaging and how does that impact the way you plan and write your...

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If you’re navigating narrative change you know that everything is, well <waves hands>, messy in the world. Every day is...

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Narrative Initiative is committed to supporting storytellers whose work challenges harmful narratives on complex topics, such as disability, reparations, and...

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The first time I read Yoon Ha Lee’s Ninefox Gambit, I was captivated by the worldbuilding and the story’s overarching...

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“The world has never seen any people turned loose to such destitution as were the four million slaves of the...

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You have your argument, you’ve identified your audience, and you’ve pitched your op-ed with successful results. Now what? How do...

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May is AAPI Heritage Month and we are speaking with women who live, see and share the narrative power of...

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