Messaging & Reports

Explore our communications and research resources designed to strengthen your work and make an impact on the issues that matter most to you.

Messaging Memo

America needs a better way of talking about immigration. The dominant narratives we...

A Core Narrative for Immigration Messaging

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Messaging Memo

The immigration experience, one of moving from a familiar home to an uncertain...

Quick Tips for Talking Immigration Issues

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Messaging Memo

When discussing how our criminal justice system treats immigrants, the words we choose...

Talking About Immigrants and the Criminal Justice System

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Download PDF Narrative Bootcamp 2024 Report About the Bootcamp The movement for immigrant...

Narrative Guidance for the Immigrant Justice Movement

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Communications Toolkit

Download Toolkit INTRODUCTION The South is not a problem to be solved but...

Beyond Democracy: Mobilizing BIPOC Voters in the South – A Narrative Guide

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Messaging Memo

June 2023 As the highest court in the United States, the Supreme Court...

A Court in Crisis: Messaging on the Supreme Court & the Judiciary

Discussion Guide

INTRODUCTION Welcoming a baby into the world should be a time of joy...

Talking About Birthing Justice

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Messaging Memo

Narrative Principles for Discussing SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. University of North...

Messaging on Affirmative Action

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Messaging Memo

Today, the United States Supreme Court took the dreaded step to overrule Roe...

Messaging Guidance for U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health

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Messaging Memo

In Brown v. Board of Education, the United States Supreme Court recognized the...

Taking Action & Responding to the Attacks on Honest and Inclusive Education

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Messaging Memo

How to Talk About the Leak & the Purported SCOTUS Decision to Overturn...

What Now?! Talking About the Supreme Court

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Messaging Memo

Five Tips for Language That Changes Hearts & Minds Momentum has grown for...

Criminal Justice Reform Phrase Guide

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Download For democracy to work, every voice must be heard. This requires reshaping...

Shape Democracy in Your Community

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TOA Announces Elizabeth Johnsen as Vice President of Program Strategy and Impact

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TOA Names Kimberly Hall as Vice President, Health Equity Works

by Elizabeth Johnsen, Interim Vice President of Program Strategy and Impact, The Opportunity...

NIL 2024: Championing a Multiracial Democracy

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Creative Change 2024 Goes Punk

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Five Tips for Talking About Immigrant Justice

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Fandom + Futurism: A Power of Pop Conversation with Porshèa & Tia

by The Opportunity Agenda Happy Labor History Month and AAPI Heritage Month!...

Asian Americans in the Labor Movement

by The Opportunity Agenda For many Americans, HBO’s “Watchmen” (2019) was the first...

Watchmen, White Supremacy, and the Power of Pop

by The Opportunity Agenda Though welcoming a baby comes with moments of uncertainty...

Five Tips for Talking About Black Maternal Health

by The Opportunity Agenda “Star Wars” stands as a monumental force in global...

Star Wars for Social Justice: 4 Messaging Hooks for May the 4th

by J. Rachel Reyes with Porshéa Patterson, The Opportunity Agenda From Houston to...

Cowboy Carter is a Cultural Strategy

by Tia Smith, The Opportunity Agenda I love to play. When I was...

Why I Play Too Much and So Should You: Masking as Cultural Strategy

by The Opportunity Agenda How do we present a new view of our...

What Dread Scott’s Slave Rebellion Reenactment Teaches Us about Cultural Strategy

by Istou Diallo, Brian Erickson, J. Rachel Reyes, and Tia Smith, The Opportunity...

Coming Soon: The Best 2024 Movies & TV Shows to Leverage for Social Justice

by The Opportunity Agenda When states go to extreme lengths to repress voters,...

Q&A: Turning Texas Teal with TOP’s Brianna Brown

by Zeynep Kilik, The Opportunity Agenda From critical race theory (CRT) to LGBTQ...

Students Need Critical Thinking, and That Means a Diverse and Inclusive Education

We’re lucky to be located in the heart of New York City. From...

What We Watched at Tribeca

Exciting news: we have a new supporter in our stands!

Thank You Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand!

A note from Ellen Buchman, The Opportunity Agenda After almost four awe-inspiring years,...

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We are thrilled to announce an exciting addition to Team TOA: Soha Ellaithy,...

Welcome, Soha Ellaithy!

by Britney Vongdara, The Opportunity Agenda In recent weeks, our social media timelines...

Immigrants are People First, Before They are Workers

by Adam Luna, The Opportunity Agenda Many communications strategies tend to focus on...

Our New Narrative Innovators Lab

by Ellen Buchman, The Opportunity Agenda The team at The Opportunity Agenda (e.g.,...

A Bold Look, A Bold Vision: The New TOA Brand, Website & Plan for Justice

by Ellen Buchman, The Opportunity Agenda Organizers are marking the annual celebration of...

#EmbraceEquity Continues When We #EmbraceEachOther

Pregnancy – and giving birth – should be among the most meaningful and...

Birthing Justice: Raising the Standards for Maternal Health

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The Trial of Justice Jackson: a Retrospective

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Meet TOA’s Board: Sara Stuart

by Ellen Buchman, The Opportunity Agenda Today, President Joseph Biden has made history...

Celebrating the Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Supreme Court

by Ellen Buchman, The Opportunity Agenda The vision for a truly inclusive democracy,...

Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: We Must Continue the Push for Voting Rights

[caption id="attachment_760" align="alignright" width="300"] | Maritza Guzmán[/caption] This fall we welcomed two new...

Meet TOA’s Board: Maritza Guzmán

This fall we welcomed two new board members to The Opportunity Agenda. Today...

Meet TOA’s Board: Kat O’Brien

by Ellen Buchman, The Opportunity Agenda The journey toward the formidable aspiration of...

Maintaining the Narrative Trajectory for LGBTQ+ Liberation

By Josephine Kalipeni, Family Values @ Work When my father’s chronic illness worsened...

Black Women Need Build Back Better

by Chrystian Rodriguez, The Opportunity Agenda When I was young, my grandparents, aunts,...

Reclaiming Power Through Horror

Today we explore the story behind long-time TOA Board Member Yasmin Cader, Deputy...

Meet TOA’s Board: Yasmin Cader

Today we explore the story behind Aduke Thelwell, seasoned strategic communications consultant and...

Meet TOA’s Board: Aduke Thelwell

by Abrielle De Veaux, The Opportunity Agenda As educators and students like me...

Critical Race Theory on TikTok, a Student Perspective

by Abrielle De Veaux, The Opportunity Agenda As a Black woman, I’ve always...

Talking About Black Women in Sports

by Ellen Buchman, The Opportunity Agenda The late Congressman John Lewis told us...

Supreme Court Decision Requires Good Trouble to Defend Voting Rights

Early in April, we launched Shifting the Narrative, an extensive report the delves...

Shifting the Narrative Livestream Recap

by Ellen Buchman, The Opportunity Agenda As the murder trial of Minneapolis police...

Derek Chauvin’s Trial Signals a Broader Shift for Criminal Justice

by Ellen Buchman, The Opportunity Agenda I’ve built my career bringing together coalitions...

This White Feminist Knows that “Race-Silent” Policies are Insufficient and Part of the Problem

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Painting a Vision of Economic Justice for All