Yes We Won’t?

Amalia Deloney and Steven Renderos wrote this post. It may make it to a few other blogs, too. We had high apple pie, up in the sky hopes for the promise of an open Internet. Why were communities of color and the poor so happy? Because the key to the Obama Administration’s success in the [...]

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Research and Storytelling: Building Power, Creating Change

I recently led a training with seven organizations on digital storytelling.  All had one thing in common.  They were all featured case studies in a report titled “Strengthening Democracy, Increasing Opportunities” published by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. The report “looks at data from 15 Minnesota nonprofits, which shows high return on investments and [...]

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When Media is in Our Own Hands: Storytelling as Organizing

Storytelling predates the written word. People have been telling stories for as long as we have had speech. Stories are learned image-by-image, rather than word-by-word, and are retold from the heart. Throughout history, stories have been used to educate, express, advocate and organize. It is through the sharing of stories that communities build their identities, [...]

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