This Feminist Influencing Basket of Resources guides you through tools and activities to make visible the many systems of oppression.
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.
Narrative Power and Collective Action: Conversations with People Working to Change Narratives for Social Good
‘Narrative power and collective action’ is a collection of curated conversations between Isabel Crabtree-Condor, a Knowledge Broker at Oxfam, and a diverse group of people working in the narrative change and collective action space.
Shifting the Narrative: What it Takes to Reframe the Debate for Social Justice in the US
This article defines narrative and looks at the opportunities, tensions and challenges of reframing social justice narratives in the US.
Changing Our Narrative About Narrative: The Infrastructure Required for Building Narrative Power
Thoughts on creating the right story about narrative change within the progressive movement and looking at what infrastructure is needed to build narrative power.
Narrative Emergency Kit: How Should we Prepare for the Next Crisis?
Narrative Emergency Kit: 5 factors to prepare for and keep in mind in the field of narrative during a time of crisis and disruption.
Conditions to Flourish: Understanding the Ecosystem for Narrative Power
This report gathers what practitioners and members of movements are themselves saying about the contexts in which they work & what they need.
Storytelling and Social Change: A Guide for Activists, Organizations and Social Entrepreneurs
A practical and useful guide is for anyone who wants to create social change, and who wants to learn how storytelling can help.
Be the Narrative: How Changing the Narrative Could Revolutionize What it Means to do Human Rights
From tactical changes like better framing to global strategies that emphasize collaboration across sectors and put people first, Be the Narrative reimagines what the human rights movement should look like—and what it’s capable of achieving.
Words to Win By Podcast
Listen to the Words to Win By Podcast with Anat Shenker-Osorio as she unpacks real-world narrative shifts that led to real-world victories.
How to Message on Human Rights: A Communications Guide and Course
Introducing a guide, How to Message on Human Rights: A Communications Guide for Organisations Promoting Human Rights, and related course.
Feminist Influencing Basket of Resources
This Feminist Influencing Basket of Resources guides you through tools and activities to make visible the many systems of oppression.
Narrative Power and Collective Action: Conversations with People Working to Change Narratives for Social Good
‘Narrative power and collective action’ is a collection of curated conversations between Isabel Crabtree-Condor, a Knowledge Broker at Oxfam, and a diverse group of people working in the narrative change and collective action space.
Shifting the Narrative: What it Takes to Reframe the Debate for Social Justice in the US
This article defines narrative and looks at the opportunities, tensions and challenges of reframing social justice narratives in the US.
Changing Our Narrative About Narrative: The Infrastructure Required for Building Narrative Power
Thoughts on creating the right story about narrative change within the progressive movement and looking at what infrastructure is needed to build narrative power.
Narrative Emergency Kit: How Should we Prepare for the Next Crisis?
Narrative Emergency Kit: 5 factors to prepare for and keep in mind in the field of narrative during a time of crisis and disruption.
Conditions to Flourish: Understanding the Ecosystem for Narrative Power
This report gathers what practitioners and members of movements are themselves saying about the contexts in which they work & what they need.
Storytelling and Social Change: A Guide for Activists, Organizations and Social Entrepreneurs
A practical and useful guide is for anyone who wants to create social change, and who wants to learn how storytelling can help.
Be the Narrative: How Changing the Narrative Could Revolutionize What it Means to do Human Rights
From tactical changes like better framing to global strategies that emphasize collaboration across sectors and put people first, Be the Narrative reimagines what the human rights movement should look like—and what it’s capable of achieving.
Words to Win By Podcast
Listen to the Words to Win By Podcast with Anat Shenker-Osorio as she unpacks real-world narrative shifts that led to real-world victories.
How to Message on Human Rights: A Communications Guide and Course
Introducing a guide, How to Message on Human Rights: A Communications Guide for Organisations Promoting Human Rights, and related course.