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Day 2 of the #collectiveimpact action summit #CIAS2021 Starting with the Plenary Session: The Role of Narrative Change in Collective Action with amazing presenters.

@MelodyCBarnes starts us off by speaking about how the narrative and words that we use matters, providing an example of opportunity youth, previously called juvenile delinquents, dropouts, and other derogatory terms. #collectiveimpact #CIAS2021

On communication vs narrative. @rashadrobinson talks about how narrative is about what is acceptable and possible. It can dictate new rules and disrupt stories. The field we get to play on. Communication happens within the already set ideas of those in power #CIAS2021

@NayantaraS speaks about how narratives bring stories together and are a meaning making mechanism. You can't change culture without changing narrative. We need to intervene at the level of story, narrative, and culture. #collectiveimpact #CIAS2021

@CrystalEchoHawk adds that narratives order our institutions and how power is exercised. #collectiveimpact #CIAS2021

@rashadrobinson talks about how you don't want to try inserting the right story into the wrong narrative. Opening up the narrative is what allows for the emergence of the right stories. #collectiveimpact #CIAS2021

@CrystalEchoHawk speaks about how narratives is about systems and power. Current narratives make Native Americans invisible. It erases and dehumanizes Native people. It creates a void that is filled with falsehoods. #ricksantorum #collectiveimpact #CIAS2021

@CrystalEchoHawk notes building on 30 years of work the murder of George Floyd & movement for black lives created a moment where narratives shifts & allies working together put pressure on corporations to examine their practices, including changing the racist names of sport teams

@NayantaraS talks about examining who are your story holders and tellers and warns us to be cautious about how your organization may be filtering those original stories to make them more palatable for people in power. #collectiveimpact #CIAS2021

@rashadrobinson talks about how narratives shape the unwritten rules of society. To create change, need to look at narrative infrastructure - those you control and influencing those you don't - to determine what is acceptable and not to say and do within the narrative. #CIAS2021

@rashadrobinson highlights the importance of active voice and who is the actor. Example: Banks are more likely to give loans to black people vs. Black people are less likely to get loans from banks. This shapes the questions and actions in response to those stories. #CIAS2021

@NayantaraS talks about how people change their minds through story, relationships, and experiences. Local cultural producers and artists are so important in shifting worldviews through these three things #CIAS2021

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