narrative innovators lab
The Opportunity Agenda’s Narrative Innovators Lab brings together communicators, thought leaders, and creatives to dream and devise narrative and cultural interventions that move us toward justice, equity, and opportunity for all.
The Narrative Innovators Lab
The Opportunity Agenda’s vision is a multiracial democracy where every person has the power to shape the decisions that impact their lives. The Narrative Innovators Lab moves us toward this vision, where diversity flourishes, equity prevails, and all communities have a say in decision-making.
Through two distinct cohorts—the Communications Institute and the Culture & Narrative Fellowship— the Narrative Innovators Lab brings together communicators, thought leaders, artists, and creatives for high-level multidisciplinary training, experiential learning, and opportunities for radical collaboration. It equips Fellows with cutting-edge, research-backed narrative and cultural strategy skills while fostering an environment of mutual support for crafting innovative narrative and cultural interventions. Together, we can build a true multiracial democracy.
The Narrative Innovators Lab objectives are to:
- Create narrative and cultural power-building innovations to champion a multiracial democracy where every person has the power to shape the decisions that impact their lives.
- Provide high level multi-disciplinary training and experiences in narrative and cultural power-building strategies.
- Create a community of practice to enable participants to strategize collaboratively and provide ongoing support to one another.
The Lab offers Fellows with a shared curriculum of learning and experiences to leverage the best thinking in the fields of communications, narrative, and cultural strategies. As a community of practice, our carefully curated cohorts will enable participants to build bonds, champion one another, and provide support over the long run.
This is what democracy should look like.
of the people, by the people, for the people
The Comms Institute
For over a decade, the Communications Institute has brought together diverse social justice leaders from across the country to receive intensive training, tools, and support to supercharge the effectiveness of their communications and narrative strategies.
2024 Comms Institute Fellows
The Culture & Narrative Fellowship
The Opportunity Agenda's Culture & Narrative Fellowship was founded on the belief that artists and cultural strategists can play an active role in narrative and culture change.
2024 Culture & Narrative Fellows
@oppagenda We define the culture, and we can use it to create a better world for our communities! 🌻 Our Narrative Innovators Lab brings diverse creatives, communicators, and change makers together to win the pressing narrative and cultural battles of our times. Featuring Communications Institute 2023 Fellow Brittany Cheatham, Senior Communications Manager at Forward Justice #narrative #communications #socialjustice ♬ original sound – The Opportunity Agenda
Creative Change
The Creative Change Retreat brings together a diverse group of leading artists, entertainers, media makers, advocates, activists, and funders committed to transformative social change for an annual retreat combining intimate strategy sessions, group conversations, showcases of innovative work, and interactive presentations. By gathering in community, participants create fertile ground for sharing, connection, and reflection to inspire, amplify and mobilize support for social justice values and solutions.
