{"id":19,"date":"2016-09-16T20:22:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T20:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourstoryhub.org\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2025-01-16T12:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T12:10:07","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ourstoryhub.org\/index.php\/home\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ourstoryhub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/OurStory_PrimaryLogo_FullColor.png\" alt=\"Our Story Logo\" width=\"576\" height=\"151\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>If we are to make the bold changes our country and our times demand, Americans must understand and embrace our values and our core beliefs about creating a just society. Narrative is fundamental to making the cultural change that is essential for social and political change.<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dd2330;\"><strong>Mission \u2013<\/strong><\/span> The mission of <span style=\"color: #dd2330;\"><em><strong>Our Story \u2013 The Hub for American Narratives<\/strong><\/em><\/span> is to\u00a0support and develop the capacity among progressive organizations and leaders for powerful, values-based communication\u00a0on core American beliefs.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dd2330;\"><strong>What we do \u2013<\/strong><\/span> Narrative should be a core capacity in every endeavor to make change. We can help you develop that capacity:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ourstoryhub.org\/index.php\/home\/services-support\/develop-narratives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Develop a powerful narrative on your mission and issues.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ourstoryhub.org\/index.php\/home\/services-support\/develop-narratives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Access and understand existing narratives on the issues you work on.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ourstoryhub.org\/index.php\/home\/services-support\/training-on-narratives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Training for organizations and elected officials on using powerful narratives.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ourstoryhub.org\/index.php\/home\/services-support\/support-and-consulting-on-using-narratives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Consulting support for using narratives in your work.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Work with partners in your state to develop a shared progressive narrative for your state.<\/li>\n<li>Work with training centers on how to incorporate narrative training into your curriculum.<\/li>\n<li>Bring you into a community who share your passion for powerful, value-based communications.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstoryhub.org\/index.php\/home\/contact\/\">Contact us<\/a> to find out more about how Our Story can help you develop your narrative capacity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dd2330;\"><strong>Who we work with \u2013<\/strong> <\/span>At Our Story, we work with a broad array of progressive organizations and leaders, including: community organizations, constituency groups, issue campaigns, elected officials, labor unions, think tanks, communications groups, state narrative projects and public opinion researchers. Our Story operated as a fiscally sponsored project of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.proteusfund.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proteus Fund<\/a> from 2016 to 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #dd2330;\">Who we are \u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>The Our Story <a href=\"https:\/\/ourstoryhub.org\/index.php\/home\/about\/who-we-are\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Advisory Committee<\/a> forms a learning community to develop and strengthen powerful values-values based communication.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dd2330;\"><strong>Richard Kirsch, Director:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_181\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-181\" style=\"width: 292px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-181 \" src=\"http:\/\/ourstoryhub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/RK-Pic-Roosevelt-small.png\" alt=\"Richard Kirsch\" width=\"292\" height=\"434\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Richard Kirsch, Director of Our Story:<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dd2330;\"><strong>Richard Kirsch <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">combines a wealth of experience in developing and communicating\u00a0 narrative with an outstanding record of accomplishment leading national and state efforts\u00a0 to win social change. Mr. Kirsch is the Director of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourstoryhub.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Story, \u2013 The Hub for American <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Narratives<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Our story, which was founded in 2016, is working to support and develop the\u00a0 capacity among the progressive infrastructure for powerful, values based\u00a0 communication on core American beliefs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Kirsch was the National Campaign Manager of Health Care for America Now from\u00a0 the Campaign\u2019s founding to its successful conclusion in April 2010. HCAN was an 1,100 member coalition, led by major progressive organizations, that deployed staff in 44\u00a0 states and spent $47 million to organize for comprehensive health care reform. As\u00a0 HCAN\u2019s chief spokesperson, Mr. Kirsch appeared on PBS\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The News Hour <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with Jim\u00a0 Lehrer, CNN, ABC\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World News Tonight <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good Morning America<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Fox, CSPAN, and\u00a0 the Colbert Report and was frequently quoted in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Times<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington Post<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wall Street Journal <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and other national newspapers, as well as NPR\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morning Edition<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All Things Considered <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marketplace<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He told the story of this historic effort in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fighting for Our Health: The Epic Battle to Make\u00a0 Health Care a Right in the United States<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, published in February 2012 by the Rockefeller\u00a0 Institute Press.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Kirsch was a Senior Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute from 2010 through 2016, where\u00a0 he helped lead the project on The Future of Work, reimagining labor law for the new\u00a0 economy. He served as Executive Director of Citizen Action of New York, a grassroots\u00a0 citizen\u2019s organization with 20,000 members and seven offices in New York, from 1985\u00a0 through 2008.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kirsch has received awards for his consumer advocacy work. He was honored with the\u00a0 Progressive Leadership Award by USAction and the New York Progressive Leadership\u00a0 Award by Citizen Action of New York, both in 2010. Mr. Kirsch was honored by Families\u00a0 USA in January 2001 as national Health Care Consumer Advocate of the Year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Kirsch received a B.A. with honors from Brown University in 1974 and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago in 1980. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"blue-box\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Click <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/ourstoryhub.org\/index.php\/home\/services-support\/support-form\/\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span> to learn about how we can work together<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If we are to make the bold changes our country and our times demand, Americans must understand and embrace our values and our core beliefs about creating a just society. Narrative is fundamental to making the cultural change that is essential for social and political change. 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