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Check here for occasional posts on storytelling and social change. Posts will include round-ups on news and resources, think pieces, mini case studies, advice, Q&As, virtual roundtables and more. Got a story or question you’d like us to consider blogging about? Write to us at info@narrativearts.org.
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Feb
18
18
2015
Weekly round-up: Black stock characters, Opportunity Agenda, Fiction over Fact
BALLAD OF THE MAGICAL NEGRO: Eisa Davis performs her “Ballad of the Magical Negro,” about Black supporting stock characters ...
Feb
11
11
2015
Storytelling round-up: Lynching history, abortion stigma, and more
NEW REPORT ON LYNCHING HISTORY: This week, the Equal Justice Initiative released an excellent new report documenting the 3,959 ...
Feb
4
4
2015
What we’re reading: Harry Potter wins, measuring media impact, and info vs. wisdom
INFORMATION VS. WISDOM: In the video above, Maria Popova, founder and editor of Brain Pickings, says that storytellers interpret ...
Jan
28
28
2015
Weekly round-up: on getting strangers’ stories, story maps, and not telling stories
HOW TO GET STORIES FROM STRANGERS: Above is a video of Brandon Stanton, the creator of the hugely popular ...
Jan
21
21
2015
Weekly round-up: Cat memes, women journalists, vaccine stories
CAT MEMES: Last year, I wondered about whether inserting pictures of cats in social-change communications would make them more ...
Jan
14
14
2015
Weekly round-up: understanding the lives of others
“LIFE CYCLES OF INEQUITY”: That’s the name of a series of Colorlines videos and articles on the stages of ...