smartMeme : Cousins/Crew

"SmartMeme earns its name by reinventing and reinvigorating how activism works. They go to the heart of the problem--how we imagine the world, how language and belief shape possibility, and enlarge those possibilities by reframing and rethinking. They do so beautifully, creatively, and powerfully. The right has long done this in a creepy way, with branding and smearing and building false associations, and the left was long overdue to be smarter about how it tells its side of the story when smartMeme appeared."

-Rebecca Solnit, Bestslling Author, "Hope in the Dark" and "Storming the Gates of Paradise"

Cousins/Crew

smartMeme's cousins are an extended family of strategists, trainers, and practicioners who are integrating narrative methods and innovating social change

SmartMeme is building a community of strategists and trainers who are innovating social change methods and models, and supporting critical struggles in communities across the country. Meet our "cousins" - a new generation of movement building practicioners that we work with to develop ideas, design curriculum, and support grassroots organizing...

Action Mill - creates non-violent direct actions, events, websites, products and other tools for progressive organizations, grassroots groups and campaigns. Action Mill also runs campaigns like Enough Fear, an international effort to prevent war between the US and Iran.

Beyond the Choir - is an analysis, strategy and training project serving groups and campaigns struggling for social and economic justice, peace and the environment. We are a collective of organizers, trainers and designers who seek to spread tools, skills and strategies to build movements strong enough to realize the change we imagine.

Center for Media Justice -is a unique national media strategy and action center with a sharpened approach to movement building for racial justice and youth rights. Driven by the communities we serve- the Center for Media Justice is working with youth and communities of color across age, sector, and regional boundaries to transform the public debate on race and poverty- and build a powerful movement for media justice.

Design Studio 4 Social Intervention - DS4SI is a space for artists, activists, acedemics, and other social interventionists to reframe, reimagine, and reinvigorate the possibiities of the non-profit sector...

The Ruckus Society - provides environmental, human rights, and social justice organizers with the tools, training, and support needed to achieve their goals. Actions still speak louder than words, and Ruckus is amplifying a movement for change.