We can always tell a new story: 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
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. Stir It Up has guided organizers for nearly 15 years, and is still widely taught.
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,
Facing Race: A National Conference 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,
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,
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
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
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,
We can always tell a new story: 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
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,
Facing Race: A National Conference 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,
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,
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
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
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,