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EVENT SERIES

CREATING NEW
AMERICAN STORIES OF US

Let’s flip the script on our narratives of division.

ENTER THE STORYTELLERS. ENTER THE NARRATIVE SHIFTERS.

Storytellers can be the heroes America needs right now, dismantling the destructive “us versus them” dynamics that are fueling our current political crisis and isolating Americans from one another. Storytellers can act as societal norm-shifters for how we engage across our differences, helping us imagine a shared democracy for an ideologically diverse, multiracial America.

Creating New American Stories of Us is an event series that explores entertainment’s potential to strengthen America’s social fabric and create a shared sense of “us” as Americans.

CAN STORYTELLERS SAVE AMERICA? URGENCY, HOPE, & THE PATH FORWARD

Date: September 28, 2023

CAN STORYTELLERS SAVE AMERICA? URGENCY, HOPE, & THE PATH FORWARD
THE TRANSFORMATIVE PROMISE OF DOCUMENTARY STORYTELLING

Date: January 31, 2024

THE TRANSFORMATIVE PROMISE OF DOCUMENTARY STORYTELLING
WHAT’S MAKING US LAUGH? WHAT ROLE DOES COMEDY PLAY IN PULLING US TOGETHER – OR DRIVING US APART?

Date: June 4, 2024

WHAT’S MAKING US LAUGH? WHAT ROLE DOES COMEDY PLAY IN PULLING US TOGETHER – OR DRIVING US APART?


Supporting Partners

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Impact Guild