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Stories of Self: Nine organizers explain how their life experiences compelled them to take action / From Article “The Personal is Political” (9 Videos)

Ai-Jen Poo, Art Reyes III, Bill Moyers (Billmoyers.com - Doctoroff Media Group LLC), Celina Barrios Millner, George Goehl, Madeline Janis, Margaret Flowers, Michelle Castillo, Rachel LaForest, Wendell Potter
  • Type

    Videos

  • Region

    North America

  • Practice

    Public narrative

  • Language

    English

Videos of stories of self by nine organizers in America.

What is public narrative?

Public narrative is a leadership practice that enables people to act on shared values and join together in collective action. By telling our story of self, story of us, and story of now, we can articulate the origins of why “I” care (who am I), why “we” care (who are we as a community), and why “now” (urgency), and motivate people to join us. Learn more about public narrative here.

 

Watch videos on the billmoyers.com website or watch directly below.

Celina Barrios Millner, Student at Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Wendell Potter, Health care activist and former insurance industry executive

Ai-Jen Poo, Director and Co-founder, National Domestic Workers Alliance

Margaret Flowers, Physician and Activist

Art Reyes, Student at Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Rachel LaForest, Executive Director of The Right to the City

Rachel Laforest is a respected community organizer and executive leader who has served as the Executive Director of Right to the City Alliance since 2011. Under her leadership, the network has grown into a national alliance of economic, environmental, and racial justice organizations across multiple states.

Madeline Janis, Co-founder and Executive Director of Jobs to Move America

George Goehl, Executive Director, National People’s Action

Michelle Castillo, Student at Harvard Kennedy School of Government

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