A Narrative for Change: Events that Shift Minds and Policies

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Cara Rose DeFabio is a writer, artist, and producer who is proud to serve as the Cultural Strategy Director for the Economic Security Project. In this role, she has invited artists into policy fights, foregrounded storytelling alongside data in changing minds, and produced events that organize people and ideas towards a more just economy. She is passionate about unwinding the deeply rooted myths of American culture through conversation and creativity and draws on her background in theater and journalism to push new narratives forward.
In this episode of The Kennedy Events Podcast, Paige Buck hosts Cara Rose DeFabio, writer, artist, producer, and Cultural Strategy Director for the Economic Security Project to discuss events as a platform to shift the zeitgeist and social thinking around an idea. As Cara believes, when you change the story, you change the system. Events are powerful tools to shift ideas, change minds, impact policies, and make the world a more just place. Cara shares her strategies for narrative change work that makes an impact on social issues like economic security, events, and projects she’s produced in the progressive organizing space to shift conversations and the use of events to change minds, change policies, and make the world a more just place.