We’re headed to Pennsylvania this weekend!

Narrative Initiative is joining Transit for All PA’s Spring Training. We’ll co-facilitate a narrative workshop with Andrew Slack and Clair Hopper.

This collaboration is shaping a new Zine. Stay tuned.

Moved To Act: Why People Really Join Movements • Narrative Initiative A few years ago, I was playing around with book ideas, when I fixated on Eat, Pray, Love. The title was the best part of that book, and I wondered what the

Why do people really join movements?

Is it outrage? Hope? Community? A story about the future?

In this new blog, our Executive Director Rinku Sen explores the narratives that move people from passive agreement to action.

What first moved you to act?

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Stuck on what to say about racial justice in this moment?

Our new tool with Berkeley Media Studies Group supports communicators and organizers in thinking through strategy, safety, power, and alignment so they can move forward with greater clarity and confidence. https://ow.ly/mmQN50YrijN

This new decision-making tool from Berkeley Media Studies Group and Narrative Initiative offers a structured way to think through the tough decisions or challenging questions you may encounter as you write a narrative statement about racial justice. https://ow.ly/fxQX50YrhT9

Amid rising attacks on racial justice and democratic norms, many communicators are struggling with what to say, how to say it, and when to speak.

A new decision-making tool from Berkeley Media Studies Group offers guidance for more confident narrative choices.

➡️ https://ow.ly/mLL650YpoGw

Join our Executive Director Rinku Sen on Thursday, March 5 at 3:00 PM ET for a virtual philanthropic gathering on narrative power, truth-telling, and what this moment asks of philanthropy.

Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-Sk2...

"I am somebody," Jackson proclaimed, affirming the humanity of those pushed to the margins. Read his speech to see how narrative and oratory can help people see themselves as the authors of their history. https://ow.ly/iEZA50Ymyvq

Black History Month: The Photographers Who Documented a Movement In honor of Black History Month, it's time to recall the photographers who have been instrumental in documenting and influencing the African American narratives. The photographic community and beyond have been forever changed by the groundbreaking efforts of Gordon Parks, James Van Der Zee, Kwame Brathwaite, Stanley Wolfson, Carl Van Vechten, and many others who have captured critical times and portraying the African American experience, challenging societal norms, and fostering a greater understanding of Black identity and history.

For Black communities, photography has been a vital tool for telling truths that challenge erasure, misrepresentation, and silence. Check out these photographers who've been instrumental in documenting and influencing the African American narratives.

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This month's newsletter brings together #BlackHistoryMonth readings and narrative resources that celebrate that legacy.

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💡 Opportunities

Points North Fellowship; A creative fellowship program for nonfiction filmmakers. pointsnorthinstitute.org/artist-progr...

Rapid Response Writer, Freedom Forum; $115,000 - $120,000; Remote with preference for Washington, D.C: www.freedomforum.org/contact-us/c...

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Policy & Advocacy Director, Protecting Immigrant Families Coalition; $120,000 – $130,000; Remote: pifcoalition.org/about/join-t...

Managing Director of Partnerships & Organizing; Civic Nation; $125,000 - $135,000; Washington D.C.: civicnation.org/careers/job/...

Media Director, Working America; $155,304; Washington D.C.: nrgconsultinggroup.applytojob.com/apply/jkUwz6...

📣 First Opportunity Roundup of 2026! The Opportunity Roundup is our ongoing series featuring grants, fellowships, and jobs for narrative changemakers.

💼 Jobs

Executive Director, Advancement Project; $325,000 - $370,000; Hybrid position in Washington D.C.: advancementproject.org/leadership-t...

Thinking Long-Term: What 2025 Taught Us About Narrative Power • Narrative Initiative We want to end the year with this reading list, featuring some of the best thinking in the field on power building, narrative infrastructure, and resource organizing for narrative change.

We want to end the year with a reading list that brings together some of the best thinking in the field on power building, narrative infrastructure, and resource organizing for narrative change.

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Organizers working to build a strategy in this moment should consider the following narratives:

1) Say Education Is a Public Good
2) Organize Everywhere
3) The Case of Trans Rights

🔗 Read our full guidance on the Compact and strategies for organizing in this moment: lnkd.in/exmtkem5

The Compact seeks to remake universities in the image of the MAGA movement: obedient, culturally monolithic, inward-looking, patriarchal, and illiberal. By conditioning federal funding on compliance, it invites schools to participate in their own undoing.

Teaching To Regress: On The Compact For Academic Excellence For Universities • Narrative Initiative A collection of lessons for organizers working in higher education

The conflict b/w higher ed & the current administration is a reminder of what’s at stake for U.S. democracy.

On Oct 1st, the current administration sent a list of commitments, known as the Compact for Academic Excellence in Education, to nine schools.

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📽️ Southern Circuit: Call for Filmmakers, South Arts [Traveling Required]: www.southarts.org/grants-oppor...

🧠 Southern Documentary Fund Production Grant Info Session 1
Jul 29, 2025 01:00 PM ET
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💼 Director of Narrative and Cultural Strategies, Race Forward [ Remote]: raceforward.isolvedhire.com/jobs/1529268...

⭐ 2025 Fall Paid Intern, Rock the Vote [Remote]: www.rockthevote.org/about-rock-t...

💼 Director of Media and Communications, NCLR – National Center for LGBTQ Rights [Remote, with location preferences]: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

💼 Director, Strategic Communications, Race Forward [Remote]: raceforward.isolvedhire.com/jobs/1536386...

📣 Opportunity Roundup: Our a weekly series featuring grants, fellowships, and jobs for narrative changemakers.

💼 Assistant Editor, Poets & Writers, Inc. [New York]: www.pw.org/about-us/car...

💼 Director of Communications, You Can Vote [Durham, North Carolina]: youcanvote.bamboohr.com/careers/73

Strategic Partnerships Manager: Freedom Together [New York City]: job-boards.greenhouse.io/thejpbfounda...

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Program Officer - Democracy, Gender, & Racial Justice: Freedom Together [NYC]: job-boards.greenhouse.io/thejpbfounda...

Researcher: Democracy Docket [Washington, D.C. or Jersey City]: ats.rippling.com/democracy-do...

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Policy Specialist: National Conference of State Legislatures [Denver]: www.ncsl.org/jobs/ncsl-jobs

President and Executive Director: Just Vision [Remote/hybrid options in multiple locations.]: apply.workable.com/justvision/j...

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Communication Manager: Ballmer Group Philanthropy [Bellevue, WA]: hanselltierney.com/wp-content/p...

Law Program Director: Alliance for Justice [Remote]: afj.applytojob.com/apply/qoFNJV...

Legal Services Associate: MinKwon Center [Flushing, NY]: www.minkwon.org/legal-servic...

Join The BLIS Collective Solidarity Gym!

The Solidarity Gym is a political education space designed to build narrative power across movements, sectors, and communities.

Date: July 15
Time: 1:00–2:30 PM ET / 10:00–11:30 AM PT
Cost: Free & virtual
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Created by Hardy Merriman in collaboration with the 22nd Century Initiative and the The Horizons Project, HOPE offers principles and practical steps for interrupting political violence while holding fast to our values.

📖 Read the full guide: endpoliticalviolence.org/guide

Harnessing Our Power to End (HOPE) Political Violence is a guide that responds with care, strategy, and a vision rooted in belonging. The HOPE Guide is for ppl who recognize the dire stakes that political violence creates and want to work together nonviolently to protect and uphold democracy.