Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.10, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Rinku Sen Indian-American author, activist, political strategist and the executive director of Narrative Initiative. ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://rinkusen.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [We can always tell a new story: on 'James' by Percival Everett](https://rinkusen.com/on-james-by-percival-everett/) - The most impactful work of art I encountered in 2024 is James. Percival Everett’s novel re-presenting the enslaved man first written as Jim in Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. In Everett’s re-imagining, James is secretly literate, erudite actually, so expert a reader and writer that he teaches his children both high-level English and how to - [Writing about Race](https://rinkusen.com/writing-about-race/) - Rinku Sen has been organizing for racial justice since she was young. She has supported fellow leaders and organizers as a trainer, coach, convener, fundraiser, and foundation trustee. She started as a student organizer at Brown University. While working with the US Student Association, she helped train students in the principles of community organizing. She - [Facing Race: A National Conference 2022](https://rinkusen.com/facingrace2022/) - 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](https://rinkusen.com/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 - [Rinku Sen on Racial Equity in Your Institution](https://rinkusen.com/rinku-sen-on-racial-equity-in-your-institution/) - [Rinku Sen - Facing Race 2016 Closing Remarks](https://rinkusen.com/elementor-289/) - [Stir It Up](https://rinkusen.com/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 mobilizing - [The Accidental American ](https://rinkusen.com/a-sample-post/) - 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 - [Funding Narrative Change, An Assessment and Framework](https://rinkusen.com/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. - [Narrative Initiative](https://rinkusen.com/narrative-initiative/) - Rinku Sen is an expert on shifting narratives. In her role as the Executive Director of Narrative Initiative, she leads a cross-functional team that weaves the power of narrative with other social movement strategies to achieve long term equity and justice. Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, a founding funder of Narrative Initiative, said. - [Rinku Sen - Both/And/All: Environmentalism and Racial Justice](https://rinkusen.com/rinku-sen-both-and-all-environmentalism-and-racial-justice-bioneers/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SAXNt9jxUk - [Foundation Strategies To Promote Racial Equality](https://www.philanthropy.com/article/foundation-strategies-to-promote-racial-equality/#new_tab) - [As More Foundations Seek to Influence Public Perceptions, New Approaches Abound](https://www.philanthropy.com/article/as-more-foundations-seek-to-influence-public-perceptions-new-approaches-abound#new_tab) - [Corrected: Reviving Volunteerism; How to Help Charities During Inflation](https://www.philanthropy.com/newsletter/philanthropy-this-week/2022-09-10#new_tab) ## Pages - [Home](https://rinkusen.com/) - Rinku is a writer and social justice strategist. She is formerly the Executive Director of Race Forward and was Publisher of their award-winning news site Colorlines. Under Sen’s leadership, Race Forward generated some of the most impactful racial justice successes of recent years, including Drop the I-Word, a campaign for media outlets to stop referring to immigrants as “illegal,” resulting in the Associated Press, USA Today, LA Times, and many more outlets changing their practice. She was also the architect of the Shattered Families report, which identified the number of kids in foster care whose parents had been deported. - [Bio](https://rinkusen.com/bio/) - Biography Rinku is a writer and social justice strategist. She is formerly the Executive Director of Race Forward and was Publisher of their award-winning news site Colorlines. Under Sen’s leadership, Race Forward generated some of the most impactful racial justice successes of recent years, including Drop the I-Word, a campaign for media outlets to stop - [Speaking](https://rinkusen.com/speaking/) - Speaking Rinku brings an innovative approach to complex race issues to help people take effective action toward racial equity through research, media, and practice. arrow-icon-size3 Book a speaking event Featured Rinku Sen on Racial Equity in Your Institution Rinku Sen – Facing Race 2016 Closing Remarks Rinku Sen – Both/And/All: Environmentalism and Racial Justice Testimonials - [Writing](https://rinkusen.com/writing/) - Writing Rinku’s books Stir it Up and The Accidental American theorize a model of community organizing that integrates a political analysis of race, gender, class, poverty, sexuality, and other systems. Stir It Up gives us a feminist, racially just alternative to Alinksyist organizing, one that includes transparent ideology, popular education and community leadership development. 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