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Feb 136 min read
Labor Days
Years spent organizing workers gave Aliyah Sabharwal a unique perspective on translating the language of finance


Jan 235 min read
Organizing as an Adult who Believes in Young People’s Potential, Promise, and Leadership
Audrey Kuo credits their time as a student leader, and later, a teacher as foundational to their social change philosophy today


Jan 156 min read
One Educators’ Journey Advocating for Racial Justice Leads to Stronger Family Bonds
How Annie Tan’s advocacy for racial justice transformed her relationship with her parents.


Jul 13, 20237 min read
Imagining Liberation
Jess Clarke is a genderqueer writer, performer, and organizer from Oakland, California.


Jun 29, 20239 min read
Finding the Freedom to Love Through Faith
While faith is not often considered a hallmark of progressive values, you can be a person of faith and a member of the LGBTQ+ community....


Jun 8, 202317 min read
Art is at the Heart of Disability Justice
An estimated 7.5% of the adult population in the United States is now living with long COVID, the long-term or chronic effects of a...


Jun 7, 202310 min read
Storytelling Can Move Mountains
In 2011, Tania Mattos started working with filmmaker Christina Antonakos-Wallace when she was a leader in the fight for the New York...


May 10, 20238 min read
Setting Boundaries in Mission Driven Work
Illustration by Narrative Initiative The Changemaker Authors Cohort , a partnership with the Unicorn Authors Club, is a yearlong...


Dec 7, 202213 min read
Creating Systems of Support
Illustration by Narrative Initiative Silky Shah is the Executive Director of Detention Watch Network , a national coalition building...


Dec 2, 20227 min read
We Have Always Existed
Illustration by Narrative Initiative Emily Ramirez is a queer Dominican woman, born and raised in NYCHA housing in Brooklyn, and is...


Nov 21, 20227 min read
Living with Desire & Bipolar Disorder
Illustration by Narrative Initiative Adam Nyang is a Gambian who recently completed her Bachelor’s degree in English Studies. She has...

Nov 16, 20229 min read
Busting the “Post-Patriarchy” Myth
Illustration by Narrative Initiative Ellen Bravo is a long-time activist and author who’s spent decades organizing among low-wage women...

Nov 4, 20229 min read
A Survivor’s Story
Illustration by Narrative Initiative The Changemaker Authors Cohort , a partnership with the Unicorn Authors Club, is a new, yearlong...

Oct 27, 20229 min read
Organizing: A love story
Illustration by Narrative Initiative Beth Howard is the Appalachia Organizing Director for Showing Up for Racial Justice where she is...

Oct 20, 202210 min read
Mapping the Beaches of Black America
Devon Hamilton connects the history of the land through the culture of food.

Oct 10, 202213 min read
Wielding Grief to Enact Change
Malkia Devich Cyril on writing through grief

Sep 23, 202210 min read
More Than Words: Trevor Smith connects anti-Black stereotypes to lethal violence
Trevor Smith's work inspired his project for the cohort, Lethal Stereotypes — a look at the impact of racial stereotypes on Black life


Sep 15, 20229 min read
Worlds of Possibility
I'm Going Through Something, a graphic novel for young adults, is inspired by Hans' experience as a young, intersex person.

Aug 15, 202216 min read
I Just Want to Be Seen: Roula AbiSamra excavates the trauma of her losses as a brown child of the Middle East in the American South
Roula AbiSamra excavates the trauma of her losses as a brown child of the Middle East in the American South

Jun 30, 202210 min read
Aishah Shahidah Simmons writes herself whole in memoir on sexual violence and healing
Illustration by Narrative Initiative Narrative Initiative is committed to supporting storytellers whose work challenges harmful...

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