Building narrative capacity and leadership.
Landscape and Assessment
We collaborate with organizations and coalitions to help them understand the broader narrative landscape affecting their capacity to enact long-lasting change.
Changemaker Authors Cohort
The Changemaker Authors Cohort is a coaching program full-time movement activists and social justice practitioners to complete books or long-form essays that advance better narratives. Since 2022, Narrative Initiative has partnered with the Unicorn Authors Club to offer this unique opportunity to changemakers.
In 2026, our cohort will be invitation only with a focus on long-form nonfiction.
Action and Organizing
We help organizations and coalitions build a Narrative North Star, a shared vision that aligns people, connects efforts, and points toward the future they want to create together. Grounded in shared values, a Narrative North Star helps groups move in the same direction while speaking in their own voices. We also offer power mapping and capacity assessments to help teams build alignment, strengthen collaboration, and turn vision into action.
Word Force
Word Force, a project of Narrative Initiative, provides ghostwriting services and robust communication strategy with a narrative lens to grassroots social justice organizations. We collaborate with Changemaker organizations to help them harness their narrative power and integrate it into all aspects of their work.