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Patchwork Quilt: Holding past, present & future with the Black Cornerstones Project

Black domestic servants were forced to enter through backdoors, earn pennies for hours of labor, clean homes they were forbidden to own and prepare food for tables they were not...

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Science + Politics + Culture: Going hard on story-based strategy with Ruby Pinto

Describe yourself in three words. Union Hall, Lab, House Party  Tell us about yourself. Shred Magazine hopes to help us understand who we are, where we came from, how we...

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Making Strategy Interactive: Kedar Reddy is using story-based strategy to build better digital campaign tools

Describe yourself in three words. Resilient, Resourceful, Rebellious Tell us about yourself. I was always drawn to the creative arts, and their application to social justice. In college I learned...

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The Future Is Us

THE FUTURE IS US — with possibilities as abundant as the dreams of our ancestors and our hopes for generations to come. The Center for Story-based Strategy released a manifesto...

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Top Memes 2020: The Meme-ing of Democracy!

Our annual Top Social Justice Memes considers memes used or created by our movements to challenge the status quo and shape politics and pop culture. This year, democracy — the...

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The Stories We Tell: Land Acknowledgements & Indigenous Sovereignty

If you live or work on the land of the Sogorea Té Land Trust, you can join CSS and many others in contributing to the land tax as an organization...

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Top Social Justice Memes of 2019

The Center for Story-based Strategy’s annual ranking evaluates memes that “challenge the status quo and shape politics and pop culture.” The organization defines memes broadly as meaning containers transmitted through...

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Grappling with Contradiction: Mariana Mendoza Moves to Decolonize Climbing

Fellow: Mariana Mendoza | Category: Case Studies Mariana Mendoza describes herself as “resilient/stubborn, heart-led, strange Mexican.” She is a Mexican immigrant muxer living in Los Angeles, who grew up in...

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Checking-in to Prevent Checking-out

If you are working with other people to build a movement for social justice and liberation, then you probably find yourself in meetings—what, every once in a while? A consistent...

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Netflix Campaign

By Reuben “Tihi” Hayslett In 2015, Netflix announced “unlimited paid family leave” but excluded hourly workers in customer service and DVD distribution centers, who earned $12–15/hour with no family leave...