From Breakthrough president and CEO Mallika Dutt: Jason Russell and Invisible Children know that a powerful story can change the world. But by characterizing essentially all Ugandans as either war criminals or helpless victims, the massively viral KONY 2012 manages to flatten its subject rather than deepen it. Which is to say: it fails the [...]

March 13, 2012 by Mallika Dutt | Tags: Africa, betty bigombe, homepage, Invisible Children, jason russell, Joseph Kony, kony 2012, storytelling, Uganda | Comments Off

Check our this twitter post from our friend joegerstandt: Stories and circles…both powerful RT @storytellin Story Circle Network: For Women with Stories to Tell http://bit.ly/Vp6jR The link takes you to the Story Circle Network, an online forum for women to share narratives about personal and social struggles using different types of mixed media. Forums like [...]

August 17, 2009 by akshay | Tags: Feminism, film, mixed media, music, narratives, our daily chirp, poetry, story circle network, storytelling, theater, women's rights | Comments Off

Are you going to Netroots in Pittsburgh in a few weeks? We’ll we are, and hope if you are, you’re coming to our panels that highlight our upcoming and recent immigration work.  The Si Se Puede 2.0 panel will center on ways to encourage people to take interest in immigration reform using online and offline strategies, [...]

July 23, 2009 by katherine | Tags: America's Voice, connecting people to policy, Crissy Spivey, david l lawrence convention center, FIRM, immigration, Jackie Mehendra, Madhuri Mohindar, netroots nation, Nicola Wells, progressive, reform, Si Se Puede 2.0, storytelling | Comments Off