This month: our 2023 highlights, masquerading as cultural strategy, and our new #PowerofPop series on HBO's Watchmen!
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Looking back at 2023: TOA Annual Report
Last year you helped us shift narratives toward justice and opportunity for all! Let’s look back at some of we’ve created together. 🤩
📌 We trained hundreds of leaders in the art of storytelling for social change.
📌 We launched the Narrative Innovators Lab to house our signature Communications Institute and Culture & Narrative Fellowship.
📌 We developed new research in community with activists from across the nation to advance positive narratives on immigration and democracy.
📌 We even launched a new website and brand to align with our mission to challenge white supremacy!
Your partnership has been crucial to our work. Learn more about our impact and what’s coming up next in
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Birthing Justice: The Discussion Guide
Welcoming a baby should be a time of joy and excitement, but systemic racism and health inequities make the journey fraught for too many Black mothers in the United States. We partnered with Women in the Room Productions to develop the discussion guide for their feature documentary, Birthing Justice. Download the guide and stream the film on PBS to learn more about solutions that address this crisis nationwide.
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The Power of Play with Dr. Tia Smith
Knowledge is a critical tool to advocate for a more just and humane world, but don’t lose sight of the importance of play to sustain ourselves and communicate our vision. Dr. Tia Smith’s latest blog details how she and the Women of Wakanda are channeling the historic cultural practice of “playing mas,” or masquerading, to critique colonialism and patriarchy. Check it out and look for space to play in your work!
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Thank you, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation!
We are so grateful to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for their generous grant to support a health equity communications lab. In partnership with others, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation works to develop a Culture of Health rooted in equity that provides every individual with a fair and just opportunity to thrive, no matter who they are, where they live, or how much money they have.
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Thanks to The Tow Foundation!
We are also grateful for The Tow Foundation's continued support of The Opportunity Agenda and our work. The Tow Foundation supports visionary leaders and nonprofit organizations that serve historically marginalized populations, help individuals contribute to their communities, and champion advancements and experiences that make it possible for all people to live healthy and joyous lives.
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Who’s Watching the Watchmen? We Are!
This year marks the five-year anniversary of HBO’s Watchmen series, so we developed a #PowerofPop video series about it! Watchmen takes place in an alternate, present-day reality that imagines what the United States might look like had our government taken accountability for the generational harms of the Tulsa Massacre of 1921.
What would it look like to create a federal program for reparations? Who would the superheroes of our time be if we committed to stopping white supremacist violence? Watch our first #PowerofPop review featuring Istou Diallo to learn how this alternate reality might not be as far from our reach as you think. And be sure to follow us on Instagram or TikTok for our upcoming reviews.
To learn more about how the power of pop culture shapes our understanding of the world around us, check out our report, What TV Gets Wrong About Getting By, which looks at portrayals of income on TV. Happy watching! 🍿
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Image credits: Shot by Somi Studios, Birthing Justice, Tia Smith, Shot by Somi Studios, Shot by Somi Studios, HBO's Watchmen
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