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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.

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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.

communications & narrative

art & cultural strategies

the retreat

Communications & Narrative

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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.

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Enni Aigbomian leads communications at Independence Public Media Foundation where she supports the... Read more

Enni Aigbomian

Monica Andrade is the Director of State Policy and Legal Initiatives for the... Read more

Monica Andrade

Anthony Baber is a storyteller, a concert-chaser, a lover of cats, and the... Read more

Anthony Baber

Ariana Busby is the Network Coordinator at the Radical Communicators Network (RadComms) where... Read more

Ariana Busby

Henry Goss is the Communications Director at Mississippi Votes, a 501c3 nonpartisan youth-centered... Read more

Henry Goss

Sharada Jambulapati is the daughter of Indian immigrants and was raised in the... Read more

Sharada Jambulapati

Carmen Perez is an award-winning, internationally-known civil and human rights leader and Chicana... Read more

Carmen Perez-Jordan

Melva Steps, Program Director at Fair Count, has been organizing in Georgia for... Read more

Melva Steps

Alaide Vilchis Ibarra has over 10 years of experience working to protect and... Read more

Alaide Vilchis Ibarra

Art & Cultural Strategies

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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.

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Miriam Alarcón Avila, a Mexican photographer and visual artist based in Iowa, creates... Read more

Miriam Alarcón Avila

hazel batrezchavez is a brown artist, educator, and community organizer. Read more

hazel batrezchavez

Christine Hoang is a Vietnamese American screenwriter, playwright, director, actor, producer, and recovering... Read more

Christine Hoang

Rebecca Marimutu, a New York City-based photographer and educator, explores themes of identity,... Read more

Rebecca Marimutu

Nasir Anthony Montalvo (b.1999) is an award-winning transdisciplinary journalist and memory worker based... Read more

Nasir Anthony Montalvo

Amalia Oliva Rojas is a Mexican poet, performer, and theatre artivist raised and... Read more

Amalia Oliva Rojas

Ali Sultan is a Yemeni-Ethiopian comedian seen on Comedy Central, Donttell, and "The... Read more

Ali Sultan

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Take a peek inside the Lab and our Fellows!

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The retreat

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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.

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