Story at Scale is a year-long collaboration of researchers, data scientists, artists, advocates, and organizers to develop and test a new cultural strategy to advance gender justice. Using big data and a collaborative, creative process, Story at Scale delivers audience research and a narrative foundation to guide artists and campaigners in telling stories that reflect the world we seek: a joy-filled life in a gender-just future. Story at Scale’s tools are designed for practical use by those working on issues ranging from reproductive justice to sex- and gender-based violence to LGBTQ+ rights and more.
We acknowledge and appreciate everyone who contributed to Story at Scale!
Team
A small but mighty crew, the core team of researchers, strategists, facilitators, and writers behind Story at Scale, includes:
Frederica “Riki” Conrey, PhD (she/her)
Co-director, Story at Scale
Principal, Frederica Conrey Consulting
Liz Manne (she/her)
Co-director, Story at Scale
Principal, Liz Manne Strategy
Dom Lowell (he/him)
Operations Director, Story at Scale
Principal, GSD Political
Michael Ahn (he/him)
Narrative Consultant, Story at Scale
Narrative Consultant, Story Saves Lives
Kirk Cheyfitz (he/him)
Story Platform Report, Story at Scale
Storyteller, narrative strategist, writer, activist
Janay Cody, PhD (she/her)
Literature Review and Research Associate, Story at Scale
Principal, OKAST LLC
Rachel D. Godsil (she/her)
Literature Review, Story at Scale
Co-founder and Co-director, Perception Institute
Alexis McGill Johnson (she/her)
Literature Review, Story at Scale
Acting President and CEO, Planned Parenthood
Amber J. Phillips (she/her)
Story Platform Report, Story at Scale
Storyteller, Political Content Strategist, and Reproductive Justice Activist, Amber Abundance Productions LLC
Erin Potts (she/her)
Cultural Audit, Story at Scale
Cultural Strategist and Partner, Jumpslide
Olson Zaltman
Qualitative Audience Research, Story at Scale
Research into the unconscious biases/beliefs of your target audience
Research Advisory Council
Story at Scale would not have been possible without the wise and engaged advice and counsel of the Research Advisory Council. The Council brought expertise and experience in narrative and culture change, political and advocacy communications and campaigns, and polling and social science research—with particular specialties in race, gender, and reproductive health, rights, and justice. They considerably expanded the project’s knowledge, reach, and perspectives and held us accountable on being intersectional, inclusive, and impactful.
Kimberly Alvarenga (she/her), Director, California Domestic Workers Coalition
Marya Bangee (she/her), Executive Director, Harness
Meg Bostrom (she/her), Co-founder, Topos Partnership
Jeff Chang (he/him), Vice President of Narrative, Arts and Culture, Race Forward
Janay Cody (she/her), OKAST LLC
Noreen Farrell (she/her), Executive Director, Equal Rights Advocates
Ebony Ava Harper (she/her), National Alliance for Trans Liberation and Advancement
Jee Kim (he/him), Executive Director, The Narrative Initiative
Adrienne Kimmell (she/her), VP, Communications and Strategic Research, NARAL
Alexander L. Lee (he/him), Project Director, Grantmakers United for Trans Communities, Funders for LGBTQ Issues
Alexis McGill Johnson (she/her), Acting President and CEO, Planned Parenthood
Julie Martínez Ortega (she/her), Chief Data Scientist, Sandler Phillips Center
Odell Mays II (he/him), Principal/Founder, Mays2 Consulting, Adjunct Lecturer, Columbia University
Jess McIntosh (she/her), Editor-at-Large, The American Independent
Eleanor Morison (she/her), Independent
Jackie Payne (she/her), Executive Director, Galvanize USA
Mike Podhorzer (he/him), Senior Adviser to the President, AFL-CIO
Ai-jen Poo (she/her), Executive Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance
Heather Rae (she/her) Producer, Iron Circle Pictures
Favianna Rodriguez (she/her), Executive Director & Cultural Strategist, Center for Cultural Power
Kate Stewart (she/her), Principal, ConwayStrategic
Tracy Sturdivant (she/her), CEO, The League
Connie Wun (she/her), Co-founder and Executive Director, AAPI Women Lead
Partners
Our project benefited enormously from the creativity, care, and rigor of our key production, testing, data, dissemination, and operations partners.
Peyser & Alexander Management
Sandler, Reiff, Lamb, Rosenstein & Birkenstock PC
A Stronger California Campaign
Co-creators
These seventy-seven artists, organizers, movement leaders, and culture changers are the co-creators of the story platform for gender justice. They participated in the story platform workshops and/or in-depth interviews, and it is their vision for a gender-just future, which is the beating heart of Story at Scale. Learn more at storyatscale.org/story-platform.
Jennifer Agmi (she/her), Senior Program Officer, The Libra Foundation
Kimberly Alvarenga (she/her), Director, California Domestic Workers Coalition
Eli Andrews (he/him), Director of Innovation, Accelerate Change
Elizabeth Arndorfer (she/her), Program Officer, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Danielle Atkinson (she/her), Executive Director, Mothering Justice
Marya Bangee (she/her), Executive Director, Harness
Nicole Banks (she/her), Logistics Director, Mothering Justice
Micah Bazant (they/them), independent artist
Anna Bean (she/her), Community Engagement Manager, Abortion Access Front
Renee Bracey Sherman (she/her), writer, organizer, advocate
Layel Camargo (they/them), Climate Justice Storytelling Manager, Center for Cultural Power
Anoa Changa (she/her), Director of Digital Strategy and Storytelling, New Georgia Project
Wyatt Clos (he/him), Principal, Big Bowl of Ideas
Tanya Coke (she/her), Director, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice, Ford Foundation
Delia Coleman (she/her), Deputy Director, Equal Rights Advocates
Kalisha Dessources Figures (she/her), Director, National Philanthropic Collaborative of Young Women’s Initiatives
Mariama Diallo (she/her), Program Assistant, Gender, Racial and Ethnic Justice, Ford Foundation
Antonio Ducrot (he/him), Production Assistant
Vanice Dunn (she/her), Board member, Equal Rights Advocates
Ali Ebony (Ali), Grassroots Organizer, Spark Reproductive Justice Now
Noreen Farrell (she/her), Executive Director, Equal Rights Advocates
Miriam Fogelson (she/her), Director of Operations, Harness
Sarah Sophie Flicker (she/her), Co-founder, Firebrand
Jaz Gonzalez (she/her), URGE Texas Coordinator
Jessica González-Rojas (she/her/ella), Executive Director, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
Fatima Goss Graves (she/her), President and CEO, National Women’s Law Center
JaNessa Grant (she/her), Production Assistant
Kat Green (she/her), Managing Director, Abortion Access Front
Hanni Hanson (she/her), Senior Program Officer, Compton Foundation
Ebony Ava Harper (she/her), National Alliance for Trans Liberation and Advancement
Margaret Hempel (she/her), Reproductive Health Women’s Rights Collaborative
Maria Ibarra-Frayre (she/her), We the People-Michigan
Kimberly Inez McGuire (she/her/ella), Executive Director, URGE
Amy Irvin (she/her), Executive Director, New Orleans Abortion Fund
Kwajelyn Jackson (she/her), Executive Director, Feminist Women’s Health Center
Alicia Jay (she/her), Program Director, The Culture Change Fund
Laura Jiménez (she/her), Executive Director, California Latinas for Reproductive Justice
JT Johnson (she/her), Director of Culture Strategy, The League
Eunique Jones Gibson (she/her)
Brook Kelly-Green (she/her), Program Officer, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice, Ford Foundation
Janaya Khan (they/them), Activist/Author, Co-founder of Black Lives Matter, Canada
Surina Khan (she/her), CEO, The Women’s Foundation of California
Tori Ladipo (she/her), Community Organizer, New Georgia Project
Alexander L. Lee (he/him), Project Director, Grantmakers United for Trans Communities, Funders for LGBTQ Issues
Destiny Lopez (she/her), Co-director, All Above All
Libby Mandarino (she/her), Grassroots Organizer, Feminist Women’s Health Center
Darnell Martin (she/her), Independent Filmmaker
Melissa Merin (she/her), Program Manager, The Women’s Foundation of California
Jessica Merril (she/her), Communications Program Manager, California Partnership to End Domestic Violence
Oriaku Njoku (she/her), Executive Director, Access Reproductive Care – Southeast
Jessica Nowlan (she/her), Executive Director, Young Women’s Freedom Center
Cicely Paine (she/her), Community Engagement Manager, Feminist Women’s Health Center
Claudia Palacios (she/her), Organizer, California Domestic Workers Coalition/Coalición de Trabajadoras del Hogar de California
Dr. Krystal Redman (she/they), Executive Director, Spark Reproductive Justice Now
Amanda Reyes (she/her), Executive Director, The Yellowhammer Fund
Favianna Rodriguez (she/her), Executive Director & Cultural Strategist, Center for Cultural Power
Lindsay Rodriguez (she/her), Communications Director, National Network of Abortion Funds
Nicola Schulze (she/her), Communications Manager, The Women’s Foundation of California
Bridgette Simpson (she/Beautiful), Community Organizer, Racial Justice Action Center
Monica Simpson (she/her), Executive Director, SisterSong
Roderick Smith (he/him), Community Organizer, New Georgia Project
Erika Soto Lamb (she/her), Vice President of Social Impact, Comedy Central, Paramount, TV Land
Sonja Spoo (she/her), Director of Reproductive Rights Campaigns, UltraViolet
Charles Stephens (he/him), Founder, Counter Narrative Project
Tracy Sturdivant (she/her), CEO, The League
Emily Sweet (she/her), Director of Strategic and External Affairs, Lefkofsky Family Foundation
Shannon Sykes-Nehring (she/her), West Michigan Organizer, We the People-Michigan
Shawn Taylor (he/him), Chief Creative Officer, Drum and Gourd, and Senior Fellow, Pop Culture Collaborative
Shaunna Thomas (she/her), Co-founder and Executive Director, UltraViolet
Maria Torres-Springer (she/her), Vice President, US Programs, Ford Foundation
Nse Ufot (she/her), Executive Director, New Georgia Project
Tracy Van Slyke (she/her), Strategy Director, Pop Culture Collaborative
Dalissa Vargas (she/her), Senior Director of Development, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
Bia Vieira (she/her), Chief Strategist, Programs, The Women’s Foundation of California
Megan Whelan (she/her), Communications Coordinator, California Domestic Workers Coalition/Coalición de Trabajadoras del Hogar de California
Toni-Michelle Williams (she/her), SNaP Co-director, Racial Justice Action Center
Marilyn Winn (she/her), Director of Women on the Rise, Racial Justice Action Center
Funders
Story at Scale is funded by The Culture Change Fund. Housed at the Women’s Foundation of California, The Culture Change Fund is a collaborative fund focused on using culture to advance and transform gender justice by changing how the public thinks about wide-ranging issues, including economic security, income inequality, violence against women, sexual assault, maternal health, abortion, contraception, and broader reproductive and gender justice issues, among others. Learn more at womensfoundca.org/culture-change-fund. The Fund’s partners include:
Anonymous
Blue Shield of California Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
The Lefkofsky Family Foundation
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Reproductive Health and Women’s Rights Collaborative
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