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- EIN 81-1408770
- (606) 454-8864
- 20 N 4th Street Wilmington NC 28401-4553 USA
- www.workingnarratives.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Ethnic & Immigrant Centers, Human Services, Immigration
Mission: We believe that communities thrive when they draw on participants' personal experiences and local cultures. By telling stories - whether in the form of performance, radio, video, or other media - communities build power, envision new democratic possibilities, and change culture and policy. Our work is located at the intersection of arts, technology, and social change. We work with grassroots groups, nonprofits, foundations, media-makers and journalists in the u. S. South and beyond.
Programs: Working narratives provides: training in how to tell and deploy stories, technology to produce and disseminate those stories, production of compelling stories to serve as model projects for the grassroots, and networking to build power in and among social justice individuals and groups that use narrative forms. The different programs to provide these services include: coastal youth media project - cymp has trained regional young people in media skills and literacy, free movement - works with artists, community residents and grassroots community organizations to build skills and networks to address economic, environmental and political challenges while building a community for equity, nation inside - managing and supporting a national network of grassroots groups working for racial and social justice. Working narratives combined programs trained 415 community leaders, produced 11 short videos, organized 11 gatherings and 1 national conference, and worked with 17 artists producing and presenting work to thousands of participants.