Here you will find case studies, interviews, insights, and reflections from staff.
The imminent repeal of Roe v. Wade has brought public narratives of motherhood and reproductive justice to the forefront. Each...
To harness narrative power to activate change you must have an argument to make and an audience to whom you...
The communications used for any narrative change project must have an audience. You need an audience who is open to...
Some of the most interesting and revelatory conversations I’ve had about politics and life have been in the back of...
From 2015-2018, I was an interviewer with the New York Trans Oral History Project (NYTOP). A friend had convinced me...
An op-ed case study showing the why, when and how of turning a story into an argument that successfully advocates...
The iconic Sundance Film Festival is coming up next week, from January 20th to the 30th, in a virtual format....
We’re gathering up the articles, essays, resources, podcasts and more that made us think about how narrative change is working...
Narrative organizing is the act of building, creating and using narrative to shift power towards justice, equity and democracy. Narrative...
Scot Nakagawa is a Senior Partner at ChangeLab. Scot has spent more than four decades exploring questions of structural racism,...
Science fiction is full of all-knowing villains. They can’t be understood or defeated. The unknown, as storytellers from H. G....
This article was originally published in 2017 by Rinku Sen. Over the last five years, intersectionality has become a buzzword...
Grief, Love, Action: Transforming collective sorrow into collective power was co-hosted by Narrative Initiative and Women’s March Network. You can...
Feminist narratives are powering some of the most important movements of the 21st century by turning anger to joy, creating...
Narrative change happens fast in times of crisis and national trauma. Let’s look at how the “terrorist” stories of this...
Rinku Sen succeeds founding Executive Director Jee Kim to help the social sector harness the power of narrative to make...
What would it mean for many voices to come together, each voice individual and distinct, and speak for change in...
Visual narrative includes the photos and video we see in front of us every day. It’s also the fuzzy scenes...
Narrative Initiative connects futures and narrative to create power. Futures work gives people space and tools to imagine a world...
The Four Baskets hold capacities and processes needed to create, implement and continually strengthen narrative change projects. As they are...
We All Have Narrative Power
Some of the most interesting and revelatory conversations I’ve had about politics and life have been in the back of...