Understanding which narratives are harmful and which ones help your cause is essential. You might think you only need to focus on the helpful new narrative you're shifting to—the one you do want to advance.

Narrative alignment can be a force for evil, or a force for good. We see how corporations, politicians, influencers, media, and talking...

A key element of the Trump administration's strategy is to convince the public that the MAGA movement is unstoppable. They will...

In 2011, Tania Mattos started working with filmmaker Christina Antonakos-Wallace when she was a leader in the fight for the New York...

“Reproductive justice” was first coined in 1994 by the Women of African Descent for Reproductive Justice and defined in 1997 by Sister...

From creating a show about Asian women in America in a small New York City theater to producing TV episodes for Patriot Act with Hasan...

Illustration by Narrative Initiative Silky Shah is the Executive Director of Detention Watch Network , a national coalition building...

Illustration by Narrative Initiative Emily Ramirez is a queer Dominican woman, born and raised in NYCHA housing in Brooklyn, and is...

Illustration by Narrative Initiative Ellen Bravo is a long-time activist and author who’s spent decades organizing among low-wage women...

Devon Hamilton connects the history of the land through the culture of food.

Trevor Smith's work inspired his project for the cohort, Lethal Stereotypes — a look at the impact of racial stereotypes on Black life

I'm Going Through Something, a graphic novel for young adults, is inspired by Hans' experience as a young, intersex person.

What is the difference between narrative and messaging and how does that impact the way you plan and write your op-ed? One of the main...

(This is part 1 of a 2 part series between Liberation Ventures and Narrative Initiative on narrative change and reparations.) “The world...

You have your argument, you’ve identified your audience, and you’ve pitched your op-ed with successful results. Now what? How do you keep...

To harness narrative power to activate change you must have an argument to make and an audience to whom you can make it. Once you have...

The communications used for any narrative change project must have an audience. You need an audience who is open to change and willing to...

Scot Nakagawa is a Senior Partner at ChangeLab. Scot has spent more than four decades exploring questions of structural racism, white...

Science fiction is full of all-knowing villains. They can’t be understood or defeated. The unknown, as storytellers from H. G. Wells to...

What would it mean for many voices to come together, each voice individual and distinct, and speak for change in the same direction? A...