Resources to support organizers, researchers & artists to build narrative power & increase public support for reparations.
Topic: Story & Narrative
Story & Narrative
Humans use stories to make sense of the world. When we’re engaged in social change work we come up against collective stories that maintain the status quo. Such stories are used to justify power imbalances, exploitation and destruction. To make positive change we need to intervene narratively: amplifying an alternative world view, bringing hidden characters to light, and holding out a brighter future.
The resources in this topic include frameworks, templates, tools and messaging guides to help you tell powerful stories.
Reframing Guidelines: A Step-by-Step Approach to Building a Narrative Change Campaign
This set of guidelines targets progressive campaigners and advocates wishing to better engage the ‘movable middle’.
Public Narrative on Migration: 11 Case Studies
Real world cases of campaigns or campaign-supporting initiatives that embraced a narrative change/reframing approach
Measuring Effectiveness of Narrative Change Campaigns
Three levels of evaluation for measuring the effectiveness of narrative change campaigns – Reach, Response and Uptake.
Safeguarding Civic Space: Harnessing Narrative Change to Restore Public Trust in Civil Society Organisations
A guide to empower actors to defend and promote civic rights effectively, plus 10 practical lessons for proactive narrative change.
Narrative Change as an Advocacy Approach
Learn about t the fundamentals of narrative-change advocacy and the merits of taking on a narrative change approach.
Message Testing Methods for Narrative Change
Is your NGO engaged in narrative change campaigns? Here are 7 methods to test your messages from the International Center for Policy Advocacy.
Transforming Narrative Waters: Growing the Practice of Deep Narrative Change in the UK
The report examines what it takes to design deep narrative change, how to design narrative interventions, and offers recommendations for building more successful narrative change projects in the UK.
Toward New Gravity: Charting a Course for the Narrative Initiative
This report presents an overview of common challenges, hard-earned lessons, needs, and insights in the field of narrative change.
Narrative Change: A Working Definition (and Some Related Terms)
What is the definition of narrative change? This article from the Narrative Initiative explains narrative change concepts.
Reparations Narrative Tools and Resources
Resources to support organizers, researchers & artists to build narrative power & increase public support for reparations.
Reframing Guidelines: A Step-by-Step Approach to Building a Narrative Change Campaign
This set of guidelines targets progressive campaigners and advocates wishing to better engage the ‘movable middle’.
Public Narrative on Migration: 11 Case Studies
Real world cases of campaigns or campaign-supporting initiatives that embraced a narrative change/reframing approach
Measuring Effectiveness of Narrative Change Campaigns
Three levels of evaluation for measuring the effectiveness of narrative change campaigns – Reach, Response and Uptake.
Safeguarding Civic Space: Harnessing Narrative Change to Restore Public Trust in Civil Society Organisations
A guide to empower actors to defend and promote civic rights effectively, plus 10 practical lessons for proactive narrative change.
Narrative Change as an Advocacy Approach
Learn about t the fundamentals of narrative-change advocacy and the merits of taking on a narrative change approach.
Message Testing Methods for Narrative Change
Is your NGO engaged in narrative change campaigns? Here are 7 methods to test your messages from the International Center for Policy Advocacy.
Transforming Narrative Waters: Growing the Practice of Deep Narrative Change in the UK
The report examines what it takes to design deep narrative change, how to design narrative interventions, and offers recommendations for building more successful narrative change projects in the UK.
Toward New Gravity: Charting a Course for the Narrative Initiative
This report presents an overview of common challenges, hard-earned lessons, needs, and insights in the field of narrative change.
Narrative Change: A Working Definition (and Some Related Terms)
What is the definition of narrative change? This article from the Narrative Initiative explains narrative change concepts.