NI Blog

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

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The imminent repeal of Roe v. Wade has brought public narratives of motherhood and reproductive justice to the forefront. Each...

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To harness narrative power to activate change you must have an argument to make and an audience to whom you...

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The communications used for any narrative change project must have an audience. You need an audience who is open to...

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Some of the most interesting and revelatory conversations I’ve had about politics and life have been in the back of...

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From 2015-2018, I was an interviewer with the New York Trans Oral History Project (NYTOP). A friend had convinced me...

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An op-ed case study showing the why, when and how of turning a story into an argument that successfully advocates...

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The iconic Sundance Film Festival is coming up next week, from January 20th to the 30th, in a virtual format....

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We’re gathering up the articles, essays, resources, podcasts and more that made us think about how narrative change is working...

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Narrative organizing is the act of building, creating and using narrative to shift power towards justice, equity and democracy. Narrative...

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Scot Nakagawa is a Senior Partner at ChangeLab. Scot has spent more than four decades exploring questions of structural racism,...

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Science fiction is full of all-knowing villains. They can’t be understood or defeated. The unknown, as storytellers from H. G....

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This article was originally published in 2017 by Rinku Sen. Over the last five years, intersectionality has become a buzzword...

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Grief, Love, Action: Transforming collective sorrow into collective power was co-hosted by Narrative Initiative and Women’s March Network. You can...

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Feminist narratives are powering some of the most important movements of the 21st century by turning anger to joy, creating...

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Narrative change happens fast in times of crisis and national trauma. Let’s look at how the “terrorist” stories of this...

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Rinku Sen succeeds founding Executive Director Jee Kim to help the social sector harness the power of narrative to make...

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What would it mean for many voices to come together, each voice individual and distinct, and speak for change in...

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Visual narrative includes the photos and video we see in front of us every day. It’s also the fuzzy scenes...

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Narrative Initiative connects futures and narrative to create power. Futures work gives people space and tools to imagine a world...

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The Four Baskets hold capacities and processes needed to create, implement and continually strengthen narrative change projects. As they are...

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