Facing Race: A National Conference 2022

Rinku Sen with Faron McLurkin and Sendolo Diaminah at Facing Race 2022

Two weeks ago, Narrative Initiative took our goodies to the Facing Race conference in Phoenix. The conference is sponsored by my former organization, Race Forward, so this was my first chance to see old friends in person since 2020. As always, this conference crowd is multi-everything kind, loving, joyful and determined. There’s no better place […]

Writing about Feminism

Rinku cites, as her guiding vision, an epitaph on the grave of Trinidadian-born pianist, entrepreneur and community activist Carmen England, in north London’s Highgate Cemetery, a place where many noted socialists, including Karl Marx, are buried. The epitaph reads, “She caused her People to realise their Beauty.” Rinku is driven towards a legacy that helps […]

Funding Narrative Change, An Assessment and Framework

In September 2022, the Convergence Partnership released the first-ever report to focus exclusively on the funding of narrative change, Funding Narrative Change, An Assessment and Framework. The new report was written by two leading experts in the field, Rinku Sen, executive director of Narrative Initiative, and Mik Moore, principal and founder of Moore + Associates. […]

Stir It Up

In her book Stir It Up, Rinku Sen gives us a feminist, racially just alternative to Alinksyist organizing, one that includes transparent ideology, popular education and community leadership development. Stir It Up has guided organizers since it was published in 2003, and is still widely taught.  Sen walks readers through the steps of building and […]

The Accidental American 

The Accidental American calls for a bold new approach to immigration: a free international flow of labor to match globalization’s free flow of capital. After all, corporations are encouraged to move anywhere in the world they can maximize their earnings. People shouldn’t have to risk exploitation, abuse, and even imprisonment when they try to do the […]