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Narrating Toward a Bigger "We": How We Build a Model Majority
We celebrate and uplift organizers whose work, we believe, moves us toward this Model Majority - an intergenerational, multiracial, multifaith, and multilingual constituency that recognizes the power of its own history and is actively envisioning a world that includes all of us.
May 28, 20253 min read


Meeting Crisis with Community
Communities are stepping in where institutions fall short with mutual aid, community health organizations, and reclaiming narrative agency; these communities are fostering solutions anchored in hope, imagination, resilience, and solidarity. Their existence is resistance to harmful narratives of dehumanization, othering, and scarcity that shape the conversation about who deserves care—and how it should be delivered.
May 21, 20254 min read


Engaging Organizers on Climate Migration: How do we create Content to Grow Our Audiences With/Behind/to Push Our Solutions?
Two new resources offer narrative guidance for climate and migrant justice organizers looking for a place to start.
Mar 24, 20255 min read


Labor Days
Years spent organizing workers gave Aliyah Sabharwal a unique perspective on translating the language of finance
Feb 13, 20256 min read


Organizing as an Adult who Believes in Young People’s Potential, Promise, and Leadership
Audrey Kuo credits their time as a student leader, and later, a teacher as foundational to their social change philosophy today
Jan 23, 20255 min read


One Educators’ Journey Advocating for Racial Justice Leads to Stronger Family Bonds
How Annie Tan’s advocacy for racial justice transformed her relationship with her parents.
Jan 15, 20256 min read


DIY Narrative Research Methods in Narrative Organizing
Narrative research is a vital tool for any organization, foundation, coalition, or network working with frontline communities.
Nov 20, 20246 min read


Rural Pre-conference at 22nd Century Initiative in Minneapolis
Both rural and non-rural movement people have the chance to build common ground around racial, economic, and gender justice.
Oct 23, 20237 min read


Narrative Organizing: How we shift power towards justice
Narrative organizing is the act of building, creating and using narrative to shift power towards justice, equity and democracy. Narrative...
Oct 6, 20214 min read


Four Baskets: Necessary capacities for narrative change
Narrative change projects can be exciting to plan but can face complex challenges. The Four Baskets framework can help facilitate your work.
Jul 30, 20209 min read


What We Learned in Minnesota
Read the Full Report: Building Narrative Infrastructure in Minnesota, August 2019 Narrative Initiative was founded in 2016 to build a...
Aug 2, 20194 min read

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