OUR WORK
Our work comes to life through two core areas—Movement Building
and Field Building—anchored in our strategies of narrative change and network weaving.
MOVEMENT BUILDING
Advancing cultural power through campaigns, artist activism curriculum and training, movement narrative alignment, and coalition building.
National
Rooted In Joy
Autonomy Is My Joy
Movement to the Ballot Box
Cultural Response Cohort
FIELD BUILDING
Cultivating the ecosystem through resourcing, fellowships, creative and cultural economic development, and Research & Impact that sustains cultural power.
National
Constellations Culture Change Fund & Initiative
Rapid Response Awards
Regional Cohorts
Regions Rising Awards
Workshops
California
Disruptors Fellowship
Oakland Futures
California Arts Council Collaborations
RESOURCES
REPORTS
Research and reflections on our programs, our campaigns and our impact in the field.
The Disruptors Fellowship (2025)
Our new Research & Impact Report explores the last five years of The Disruptors Fellowship and the powerful outcomes that emerge when BIPOC writers are empowered as narrative leaders with the power to shape the future of storytelling.
GUIDES
Practical tools and frameworks to support artists, organizers and communities in creating sustainable cultural change.
What are Deep Narratives?
At The Center for Cultural Power, we define Deep Narratives as the most enduring, deeply-situated themes and ideas that have permeated stories for over 50 years.
STAY CONNECTED
For upcoming programs, resources, and ways to get involved.