Investing in Mindset Infrastructure
Commissioned to design and facilitate a funder engagement process that shares insights on how to resource the infrastructure to shift cultural mindsets for the long-term and explore opportunities for co-investment.
How to Fund Like a Narrative Strategist
Published guidance drawn from the wisdom and experience of 50 movement communications and narrative organizers on the funding criteria and philanthropic practices that effectively resource narrative infrastructure and power building.
Funder Learning and Action Cohort
Serve as a strategic partner in designing an action-based co-learning process to identify best practices for resourcing narrative power across a wide range of issues through an exploration with a committed group of peer funders.
The Myths of Philanthropy (podcast)
Hosted a podcast episode to explore narratives that underpin common practices in philanthropy and provide examples of funders that have adopted practices that accelerate progress toward a more just and joyful world.
Cultivating the Conditions
Published an article that provides a situational analysis of the narrative infrastructure of social justice movements and how philanthropy can contribute to fortifying it.
Philanthropy’s Relationship to Narrative Power Building
Co-presented a session at the Narrative Power Summit in which funders and narrative practitioners demystify philanthropy and co-design a fund to resource narrative infrastructure.
The Transformative Capacity of Narrative and Cultural Strategy
Hosted a podcast episode to enhance funders' knowledge of and support for practices that empower organizers to build narrative and cultural power and foster durable transformation.
Dismantling Disinformation, Defending Democracy
Invited to moderate an event to explore effective philanthropic strategies for resourcing the narrative infrastructure of social justice movements beyond election cycles.
Funding Narrative Change
Provided insights for an article that explores new ways of thinking about, engaging in, and funding transformational narrative approaches.
How Philanthropy Can Fund Narrative Power that Lasts
Invited to be a panelist for a 4-part learning series hosted by Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia on what funders can do to support narrative infrastructure that strengthens democracy.
Movement Journalism and Media Reparations
Invited to host an Activist Book Club session on movement journalism, media reparations, and imaging a media landscape where Black people not only tell their stories, but own them.
A New Era of Philanthropy
Provided input on a book manuscript that explores the foundational assumptions that shape how philanthropy operates and practice shifts to move the sector beyond critique to real transformation.
Funder Learning Series
Provided guidance to explore a learning series that deepens funder knowledge of the connections between narrative strategies, organizing, and power building to promote economic justice and worker power.
Media Impact Project
Served as advisor on a series of reports commissioned by the California Health Care Foundation to surface insights on how to think about narrative change impact and how to more effectively fund this work.
Narrative Trend Brings New Money to Journalism
Invited to contribute an article to NiemenLab's annual predictions for journalism series on how philanthropy can invest in journalism as part of a narrative change strategy.