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How A Winter Storm in Texas Catalyzed A New Strategy Hub for Disaster Relief and Organizing
“Political power is contested in crisis moments,” Ginny Goldman says.
Dec 19, 20246 min read


Innovations in Disaster Response After the Almeda Fire
Niria Alicia and Celinés Garcia of Coalición Fortaleza share more about their work.
Sep 21, 20236 min read
Pitch Perfect: How to place your op-ed and get it published
To harness narrative power to activate change you must have an argument to make and an audience to whom you can make it. Once you have...
May 5, 20224 min read


The Argument: How an op-ed can shift the narrative
An op-ed case study showing the why, when and how of turning a story into an argument that successfully advocates for change. “Get down...
Feb 7, 20225 min read


Feminist political organizing offers lessons in narrative power
Feminist narratives are powering some of the most important movements of the 21st century by turning anger to joy, creating care in...
Feb 9, 20215 min read


Reclaiming Native Truth: Narrative research and making Native Americans visible
Reclaiming Native Truth is an extensive community-led narrative research project. It provides IllumiNative and others in the Native...
May 28, 20205 min read


Building a Narrative Justice League: Learning from a nimble and powerful narrative coalition
Narrative change practice cuts across issues and coalitions. In January, we joined a roundtable of communicators and organizers to learn...
Mar 26, 20205 min read


What We Learned in Minnesota
Read the Full Report: Building Narrative Infrastructure in Minnesota, August 2019 Narrative Initiative was founded in 2016 to build a...
Aug 2, 20194 min read

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