Working Papers
While the strategic use of narrative change has become increasingly widespread, the underlying mechanisms by which narrative change is important for social change remain unclear. Why narrative change, and for what ultimate purpose? How does narrative change relate to systems change? This working paper delves into the building blocks or components of narrative change, including stories, narratives, mindsets, paradigms, and culture, and examines their interrelationship as part of cultural and systems change.
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Briefs / Reports
Narrative change has become an increasingly widespread approach among those seeking social change. What is narrative change, how do narratives change, and what is the role of narrative change in social change? What makes narratives resonant, what does it take to change narratives, and what types of change are relevant to narrative strategies? This report explores these questions through a review of the academic and gray literature on social movements, narrative persuasion, and storytelling for social change.
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Briefs / Reports
Spearheaded by the Million Voters Project (MVP), this report assesses the state of narrative infrastructure within California’s power building ecosystem and identifies key priorities for growing narrative power from the ground up to advance racial justice and social change. Through research engaging power builders and other experts, the report contains ideas and recommendations for strengthening narrative infrastructure and building transformative power for progressive change.
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Frameworks
Successfully addressing vital social issues—like the movement for racial justice and addressing climate crises—requires large-scale initiatives that address equity, complexity, and systems. By understanding how systems changes are occurring, social change actors can see the full spectrum of change that is possible, and gain vital knowledge for strategic development, and ultimately drive more powerful results. In this update to Impact, Influence, Leverage, and Learning (I2L2), we offer ways of grouping systems change outcomes and helpful ways of thinking about complex social change work.
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