Narrative Power is Movement Power: Reflections from the Narrative Power Summit
Listening to the Second Line parade serenade a room full of dancing people in the French Quarter of New Orleans, I felt the energy of radical change. Last month, I had the pleasure of attending the Narrative Power Summit (NPS) hosted by the Radical Communications Network and ReFrame in New Orleans, Louisiana. Social justice communicators […]
Navigating 2022: Ideas, reports, and resources for narrative changemakers
If you’re navigating narrative change you know that everything is, well <waves hands>, messy in the world. Every day is noisy and chaotic. It can be tough to judge what’s working and what’s not, whose voice is trustworthy and whose isn’t reputable. People may retreat towards the familiarity and security of dominant, if oppressive, narratives. […]
The Voices Missing from the Abortion Debate
The imminent repeal of Roe v. Wade has brought public narratives of motherhood and reproductive justice to the forefront. Each side has weaponized race to change public perception and influence policy. While poor people and birthing people of color face the most severe impacts of anti-abortion laws, including criminalization, the public face of reproductive care […]
A Big Narrative Change Reading List
A dozen useful insights and reports from the intersection of narrative, movement power and culture change. Narrative change can be complex. It’s a practice that includes identifying and creating narratives, injecting and translating narratives across activities and coalitions, supporting networked narrative work with dissemination tools and training (not to mention content), and continually measuring and […]