Personal Stories

The Stories team launched in 2017 to help health care advocates protect the Affordable Care Act. Since then, the team has grown into a multipolicy storytelling program that integrates opinion research, media testing, organizing, and advocacy to strategically build humanized public policy narratives. The Stories team:

  • Finds, interviews, and trains storytellers who can bring policy ideas to life and illicit emotion, and helps those storytellers share their experiences across mediums and through our own social media and press resources. The team maintains relationships with its storytellers year after year.
  • Connects government officials and other advocacy and policy organizations to storytellers.
  • Tests the impact of published stories and amplifies effective stories through its robust partner network.
  • Builds capacity for local and community organizations starting their own storytelling programs.
Our bank of stories is meant to be a resource for those who want to incorporate stories into their public policy efforts. To connect with storytellers featured on our site or with others in our story bank, please email our team at [email protected].


Minnesota

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Kansas

Nationwide Abortion Bans Threaten the Will of Kansas Voters
Personal Story People standing at voting machines

Nationwide Abortion Bans Threaten the Will of Kansas Voters

A Kansas abortion activist fears that a nationwide abortion ban will reverse the will of Kansas voters who overwhelmingly support protecting abortion.

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Arizona

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Georgia

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Michigan

Older Michigander Saves $400 on Health Care Costs
Personal Story President Joe Biden and policymakers

Older Michigander Saves $400 on Health Care Costs

An older American on Medicare explains how the Inflation Reduction Act helped her access no-cost vaccines.

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Nevada

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North Carolina

Op-ed: How a federally-funded apprenticeship changed my life

Op-ed: How a federally-funded apprenticeship changed my life

Joshua Swindells, who dropped out of school as a teenager to care for his elderly parents, explains how a federally funded apprenticeship program allowed him to return to his education and gain valuable work experience in the information technology field. Joshua fears that proposals to cut federal workforce funding could harm young people such as him.

Cardinal & Pine

Joshua Swindells

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Pennsylvania

I’m a Union Worker in Pennsylvania. I Know Biden’s Got Our Back.

I’m a Union Worker in Pennsylvania. I Know Biden’s Got Our Back.

Sherice Workman, a union carpenter who worked on the historic 12-day repair of I-95 in Philadelphia, shares how federal infrastructure investments are creating a boom in union career opportunities within the skilled trades.

The Keystone

Sherice Workman

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Wisconsin

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Viewpoint: Lansing’s growth momentum spurred by federal, state investments Personal Story

Viewpoint: Lansing’s growth momentum spurred by federal, state investments

Mayor Andy Schor (D) of Lansing, Michigan, writes about how federal investments are positively affecting citizens in his community, from the creation of new union jobs to the expansion of infrastructure for clean energy and electric vehicles.

the Lansing State Journal

Andy Schor

Investing in infrastructure helps everybody Personal Story

Investing in infrastructure helps everybody

Cristian Cespedes, a union member from Las Vegas, shares how federal infrastructure investments and regulations help create jobs and drive up wages for both union and nonunion workers alike.

The Las Vegas Sun News

Cristian Cespedes

Arizona opinion: Shame on Schweikert: Why his support for Republicans’ budget proposal could spell disaster for Arizona Personal Story

Arizona opinion: Shame on Schweikert: Why his support for Republicans’ budget proposal could spell disaster for Arizona

Dr. Gabrielle Goodrick, the medical director of a family planning center, shares the potential threats to health care access that could result from a budget proposal put forward by a group of Republicans in Congress.

Arizona Daily Star

Dr. Gabrielle Goodrick

Op-ed: How federal investments are empowering Navajo People Personal Story

Op-ed: How federal investments are empowering Navajo People

JoAnn Armenta, the CEO of an organization that provides workforce training and resources to the Navajo people, shares how the Inflation Reduction Act has helped her organization provide community members with the skills to start their own solar businesses.

The Copper Courier

JoAnn Armenta

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