NARRATIVE
This is an opportunity to develop a narrative from your policy brief. As you develop your narrative, think about why your issue needs policy attention and about consequences of inaction and/or action. Begin with a statement that gets your audience's attention and then lead into your policy story.
START AT ROOTS
What histories inform your narrative?
Narrative power
Who owns the narrative? How can you shift narrative power with your story?
persuasive narrative
Who are the storytellers connected to your issue?
How do we develop trust with community and policy makers? -narratives, human level, also must make political sense.
Collaborate
input/co-development with community (storyboarding, archive searches)
Place-based narratives
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Issue-based narratives
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Change
Writing and recording your narrative
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Write your story as if you are telling a friend or neighbor about the policy issue.
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Record your own spoken narrative in the form of story or poetry
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One page (double-spaced, 12 pt. font) takes about two minutes to read out loud.
Identify community strengths
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What community strengths can you identify?
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Who are the community storytellers who are connected to the policy issue? Locate someone and ask them to participate.
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Show cause of causes
Narrative shift
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Who owns the narrative? How can you shift narrative power with your story?
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What message does the community need to communicate?
Visual reinforcement
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Read your script out loud and begin to imagine what images could reinforce what you are saying.
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Look for the matching visual narrative that exists around you
MULTIMEDIA ELEMENTS
Audio
Video
graphic design
narrative
Archival Images
Photography
editing
Planning
Funded by: W.K. Kellogg Foundation P0132450;
Transdisciplinary Research, Equity and Engagement Center for Advancing Behavioral Health (TREE Center) NIMHD Grant # U54 MD004811-09