As a combined team of engaged researchers, comedians, activists, organizers, music producers and filmmakers, Hip Hop Caucus and the Center for Media & Social Impact (CMSI) began working together in the summer of 2019 to co-create a climate justice entertainment project that centers comedians of color...

Alexandra Bell is a multidisciplinary artist who investigates the complexities of narrative, information consumption, and perception. In her current series, Counternarratives, Bell edits New York Times articles, altering headlines, changing images, and redacting text to reveal oppressive patterns in news reportage and society at large.

Broadly applicable and crisp guidance on shifting narratives to overcome division and secure lasting change, using a “seven-step toolbox”.

Recommendations from the latest Citizens’ Jury, calling for “practical steps required to address the climate crisis and restore nature in a way that is fair for everyone.” See their video.

Two thinkers dancing at the edges of the transition explore “reclaiming the rapture narrative”, and the complex and uncertain “potential future of humans and technology” on the Rebel Wisdom YouTube channel

Proposing an answer to the question “how might our stories help design an Economy in Service to Life?”, aimed at a broad audience of people engaged in storytelling across culture.

A look at how ‘Future Shock’-inspired “pop futurism” is evolving to “conjure slower, more restorative, community-driven futures that are just as irresistible”.

A review of 40 years of inquiries into racial inequality in Britain. As David Lammy puts it: “This report is a reminder that we’ve had the conversation. Now is the time for action.”

“Britney Spears is a myth, our myth, and myths matter because they teach us about our own lives.” A stark reminder that our “culture treats women’s pain as a spectacle”.

Further detail on the extraordinary efforts made to protect the US election, nodding to the work Anat Shenker-Osorio shared with us in our recent public session.

“What matters most for any organization, community, or person is the story we tell about ourselves—and the most effective way to shake things up is by changing the story.”

A helpful interpretation of ‘narrative power’ and in particular the role of cultural strategists, with a handy suggestion of what makes a ‘powerful story’.