Blueprint for Belonging

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Gerald Lenoir
Identity and Politics Strategy Analyst, Network for Transformative Change, Blueprint for Belonging, Civic Engagement Narrative Change
Eli Moore
Program Manager, California Community Partnerships, Blueprint for Belonging
Joshua Clark
Political Participation Analyst, Civic Engagement Narrative Change, Blueprint for Belonging
Olivia Araiza
Program Director, Network for Transformative Change, Civic Engagement Narrative Change, Blueprint for Belonging
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Blueprint for Belonging Videos

Can You See It? "Can You See It?" is a digital short released in the lead up to the 2020 election that calls on...

Building a Strategic Narrative for All of California

By Olivia E. Araiza  Over the past few decades, successful movements for social and racial justice in California have...
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Video: Transforming California from Red to Blue

By Gerald Lenoir and Serginho Roosblad California is currently leading the resistance against the current Trump...

A 21st Century Movement-Building Challenge

By Gerald Lenoir One of the essential elements in the building of a cohesive social movement across communities of...
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California Survey on Othering and Belonging

April 18, 2018 Click here to read our Press Release on the results of this survey In December 2017, the Haas Institute...
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The Role of Government

By john a. powell  Ultimately, we cannot win any major fight on the environment, the economy, health care, or civil...
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Changing Our Narrative About Narrative

By Rashad Robinson Introduction  The culture of the progressive sector—as with all sectors—is rooted in stories. They...
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Audio: The Battle of the Narratives

This conversation between Othering & Belonging Institute Director john powell and Christina Livingston, the...
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The California Story

By Eli Moore and Gerald Lenoir For many Californians, having a good life here is getting harder and many feel it will...
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The Next California

By Manuel Pastor, Jennifer Ito, Vanessa Carter  California is America on fast forward. The state’s demographic...
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Shifting the Narrative

By Alan Jenkins  Since the 2016 election, interest in the concept of “narrative” has spiked in the nonprofit and...
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California Dog Whistling

By Ian Haney-López  Over the last half-century, politicians have exploited a public discourse emphasizing fear of...
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Building A Real Sharing Economy

By Chris Benner  We are in the midst of an unfolding fundamental restructuring of the economy that we still only...
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Mind Sciences and Creating New Narratives

By Rachel D. Godsil He who defines reality holds power.  Cognitive science confirms what every culture in the world...
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Corporate Democrats and the Corporate Power Structure in California Politics

By Daniel Russell Cheung Introduction After the 2016 presidential election, California has been a leader in...
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Faith Communities as Partners of Hope

By Rev. Deborah Lee Introduction Bringing forth an inclusive, fair, and humane society will require a coordinated...
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Race-Based but Not Race-Bound

By George Lipsitz  Malcolm X used to say that racism is like a Cadillac because they make a new model every year. When...
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Grow Your Vote

Download this report here. View the Cultural Strategy Ambassadors video by Barni Qaasim here. In the 2018 midterm...
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