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Making equity and social justice

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Narrative Initiative catalyzes durable narrative change in order to make equity and social justice common sense.

We make connections between people and organizations, amplify the best tools and methodologies from an emerging field, and activate new collaborations that lead to greater alignment.

What we do:

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Build network infrastructure

We make connections between people and organizations working across narrative change disciplines. This network, spanning issues and geographies, provides infrastructure for an emerging field and creates space for collaboration.

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Improve narrative change practice

We amplify useful tools and methodologies from the narrative change field, making promising interventions visible to a larger group of practitioners and building skills across disciplines.

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Catalyze alignment in the field

We organize strategy labs, conduct landscape assessments, and explore opportunities for greater alignment among organizations, sectors and movements in order to advance deep narrative shifts.

Narrative change needs a posse.

Alan Jenkins, Opportunity Agenda

Orienting Together: Mapping your Narrative Landscape

Imagine your roommate asks you to plan a road trip. Logically, you ask them where you’ll depart from and where you’re headed. In response, you hear “I don’t know.”  At this point, you weigh your options – you could just throw a couple of darts at a map and find the most efficient line that…

Rural Pre-conference at 22nd Century Initiative in Minneapolis

In organizing, many progressives fall into traps that cast rural Americans as antagonists to progress…

On Mourning as a Motive Force: Grief and Black-Palestinian Solidarity

There is so much on my mind. My thoughts, like my feelings and even the…

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We agree, the term “narrative” is tossed around a lot.

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