Storytelling For Change: Shanelle Matthews

November 20th, 2025

”Narrative power is all around us.”

We discuss the building blocks of narrative power and the strategies to succeed in changing hearts and minds.

Shanelle Matthews is a leading voice in narrative power and social movement communications and the co-author of Liberation Stories: Building Narrative Power for 21st Century Social Movements.

Your civic action toolkit recommendations from Shanelle are:

1. Share your stories of your experiences in your community

2. Get involved in local government

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Credits:

Host: Mila Atmos 

Guest: Shanelle Matthews

Executive Producer: Mila Atmos

Producer: Zack Travis