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


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...

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

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