Tool: Tell The Stories

This is one of 15 civic engagement tools to Shift the Country.

Quick Overview: Tell the Stories

Americans can leverage research indicating the power of empathy generated through storytelling and vulnerability to connect with others for engagement, action, and voting. This tool gets into approaches, examples, and best practices. Storytelling ties to connection, driving the narrative, and creating tipping points. It builds solidarity and strength in the face of overwhelm and disengagement, and can help amplify underrepresented Americans’ voices and stories on emerging issues that need attention.

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Details on how to use this and the other 15 civic engagement tools are under construction as we're a brand-new nonprofit, created in the summer of 2020 to deal with multiple crises in the US. More information on this tool is coming ASAP!
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More details, discussion, and examples on how to use this tool in the tagged resources below. Some of the resources below show how you can combine the 15 civic engagement tools, and/or how they can be applied to the 10 structural areas.

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