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An interview with N4 community partner and educator, Ann Diederich

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An interview with N4 community partner and educator, MiShaune Blanks.

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An interview with N4 community partner and educator, Kat Holstlaw.

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An interview with N4 Artist and international award-winning visual artist Talameika Brice.

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An interview with N4 Artist and Director of the MFA in Creative Writing program at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Deborah Taffa

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An interview with N4 Educator and Civic Engagement Partner Georgia Ana Gochicoa.

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Watch this free presentation on persona poetry by South African poet and N4 artist Babalwa Tetyana: “One Voice, Many Voices – An N4 Artist Network Workshop.”

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Narrative 4 PNW region holds Story Exchange and Facilitator training for Boise School District educators.

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Narrative 4 Nigeria brings together 110 people across ten schools for the first Ibadan Inter-School Story Exchange.

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Narrative 4 proudly partners with NYU Langone Health and The Empathy Project in an empathy-centered fellowship and curriculum for first-year med students.

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While the new year is young, Narrative 4 Ireland has already made numerous achievements up and down the Emerald Isle to inspire us moving forward throughout 2024! 

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After months of hard work and collaboration between our México and IT teams, a labor of love finally came to life on Valentine’s Day, Wednesday, February 14 with the launch of Narrative 4 LATAM, our Spanish language website!

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Diane Foley tells her story with N4 President and National Book Award-winning author, Colum McCann in a powerful, profound and deeply personal, yet universal memoir, American Mother.

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Narrative 4 Tanzania trained 45 teachers as Story Exchange facilitators.

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Blanco y Tinto (“White & Red”) goes “Entrando al corazón de Narrative 4,” or “Inside the heart of Narrative 4!”

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The N4 Letter Exchange connects Narrative 4 students in Nigeria and Mexico, creating a community of care that crosses beyond borders.

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Tragedy is everywhere these days, nowhere more so than in Israel and Palestine. N4 Cofounder Darrell Bourque takes on tragedy in an unexpected way – poetry.

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Sixty students from Cambridge, MA. led a story exchange during the 2nd annual Youth Equity Summit (Y.E.S.)!

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Narrative 4 México reached 117 middle school parents during a powerful virtual conference: “Reconociendo las emociones” (Recognizing The Emotions).

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Narrative 4 was honored to receive the Partner Award from our long-time friends at Open Doors NYC for their first-annual Nursing Home Lives Matter Gala.

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Narrative 4 Nigeria hosts the maiden edition of the Narrative 4 Africa Leadership Summit under the theme: “Leading with Heart”.

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Nearly 100 schools signed up for the Empathy School Award, with 13 achieving Bronze status. Now these schools throughout Ireland are advancing towards the Silver award in 2024. 

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On November 30, Narrative 4 México teamed with the Colegio Anglo Alemán of Cd. Madero, Tamaulipas to present a powerful, and potentially life-saving, workshop, to parents and teens in middle school and highschool.

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26,524 people attended N4 programs in the United States. 4,253 facilitators were trained worldwide. 50 adults were trained for employability at our Civic Engagement pilot program in South Africa. And counting.

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An essay by Narrative 4 co-founder and CEO Lisa Consiglio, honoring our supporter and benefactor, Jackie Bezos.I am often asked…

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Hundreds of attendees gathered for three inspiring days at the Universidad del Noreste, October 17-19, in Tampico, Mexico. Guests at…

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Narrative 4 Ireland trained 749 facilitators and reached 22,470 young people in one year alone, making 2022 one of our…

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Through our new Global Civic Engagement program, we’re investing in on-the-ground, real-world, student-driven projects that enable young people to improve…

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What happens when thousands stand up and say “Yes?” When people from all walks of life across the globe gather…

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Narrative 4 hosts first-ever online live facilitator training to teach team members across the world. Narrative 4 is committed to…

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Narrative 4 hosts our first large-scale event in Africa, connecting more than 250 students during “Well-Being Weekend” at Day Waterman…

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Narrative 4 Mexico launched its first full day of programming for schools with “Narrative 4 Me 2 You” in Tampico,…

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N4 Artist Network teacher Amanda Roche blends Story Exchanges with theatre curriculum to help high school students develop fictional characters…

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Narrative 4 launched in Santa Fe in a big way, reaching 100+ students and educators in our first-ever, large-scale training…

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Narrative 4 bestselling authors and N4 Artist Network chairs Colum McCann and Ishmael Beah launched the conversation series: “Changing the…

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Narrative 4 celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement with students across the United Kingdom and Ireland.  Narrative…

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Yes. Three letters. One word. Yet buried beneath the sublime simplicity of this single syllable is a unique and indomitable…

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We built bridges through iron bars by hosting Story Exchanges at the Washington D.C. jail. Narrative 4 recently partnered with the…

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A global discussion of peace and reconciliation with two men who lost their sisters in war.  Narrative 4 partnered with Global…

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Story Exchanges help Trinity College Women’s Basketball build teamwork on the court – and off. Players on the Trinity College…

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Inspired by “doxa,” Greek for “conviction,” the Prague-based DOX Centre for Contemporary Art invited artists across disciplines to its first-ever…

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“Riding the ambitious spirits of Prince, Drake, and Whitman,” Felice Belle knocks our souls sideways with her debut collection, Viscera,…

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“The ripple effect excites me!”; “[Excited about] sharing the power of stories”; “Excited to bring people together in a deep…

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As summer ends and we look to the new school year, we’re shouting out thanks to our N4 Interns, Ami…

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YES!  YES!  YES! YES!  YES!  Echoing Narrative 4’s theme of “Yes” for our 10th anniversary, a Bronx student was asked…

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A Story Exchange Session in Narayi, Kaduna State, Nigeria By Namse Peter Udosen (N4 Associate, Kaduna State, Nigeria) Amid a…

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We’re excited to announce some recent N4 accolades. First up, N4 was awarded an Amazon Literary Partnership Grant to help…

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What is it like to live with a disability or mental illness? How can we better understand someone else’s experience…

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Each year, the Museum of Literature, Ireland (MoLI) holds a contest for promising young Irish voices—the Edna O’Brien Young Writer’s…

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The Rotaract San Nicolas de los Garza Bicentenario in Monterrey, Mexico recently held a series of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion…

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Education First’s Global Leadership Summit in Berlin, “Creating Sustainable Future” Once upon a time the city of Berlin was the…

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N4 Directors, Regional Managers, Associates and Lead Trainers—in total 23 members of the growing N4 family—gathered together in Hartford, CT…

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For N4 Africa, June began with great news to share about its positive and proactive Hold My Hand (HmH) program,…

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N4 Ireland’s summer started with a big, emphatic “Yes!” in Aedín Moloney’s one-woman performance of “Yes! Reflections of Molly Bloom.”…

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Stories about the path from despair to hope. Stories about assumptions being upended. Stories focused on inspiring change. Stories of…

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100 students from Anáhuac University’s Vértice (the university’s Honors Program), celebrated graduation with an N4 Story Exchange. The Vértice students–selected…

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May 1st welcomed the launch of N4’s latest North American region, Southwest. To be led by Taelor Lewis, former Mid-West…

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Exciting news to share from Santa Fe, New Mexico! N4 co-founder and president, author Colum McCann, headlined the Santa Fe…

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Six hundred miles separate Langley, Kentucky, from the Bronx, New York.  Differences abound. Langley is an old coal-mining community rooted…

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We are thrilled to share TODAY’s segment on N4! TODAY co-host, Craig Melvin, visited N4 during our November 2022 Field…

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This month we chatted with Rosa Junghwa Hong, N4 Master Practitioner and Associate Professor of the French Program at the…

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We kicked off our year-long, 10th anniversary celebration at the Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge with a panel discussion…

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Our interschool Story Exchange at Chisipite Senior School in Harare, Zimbabwe was as revealing as it was heartwarming.  N4 Africa’s Head…

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We’re thrilled to be the recipients of a 2022 Amazon Literary Partnerships grant, supporting organizations across the country that empower writers…

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How much do children in Moyross and Cairo have in common? Turns out it’s a lot more than you might think.

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Buchi Onyegbule, N4 Africa’s Head of Operations, was recently profiled in Tech Cabal magazine.

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After months of meeting on Zoom, our student ambassadors from University Heights High School (UHHS) in The Bronx, NY and…

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Everybody’s talking about N4 Mexico! Operations Manager Maru Castañeda fields questions from local media at N4 Mexico’s first community event.

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Learn how the Story Exchange inspired one high school student to turn his empathy into action.

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Jahi Mackey graduated from the University of New Orleans with a BA in International Studies and earned an MA in Intercultural…

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Vanessa Manko is the author of The Invention of Exile, which was a finalist for The Center for Fiction’s First Novel Award,…

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As our presence in the Pacific Northwest US grows, we’re excited to highlight the work of one of our new…

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If you’re heading to #AWP22, we’d love to see you there! You can find the good folks of Narrative 4…

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N4 Mexico Operations Manager Maru Castañeda recently led a virtual SEL workshop for over 150 parents at Colegio Inglés Americano in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.

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Radio and TV Presenter Louise Cantillon (center) joins N4 Ireland Student Ambassadors to spread the word about their new national Empathy School Awards.

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We’re excited to welcome our new Finance Manager Gus Lopez to the N4 Team!  Born and raised in The Bronx,…

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N4 has been expanding our resources to support teachers and students as they explore the story exchange. Here’s one example…

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Professor and N4 Educational Equity Advisor Ernest Morrell was recently featured in the Notre Dame series “What Are You Fighting For?”

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Check out N4 Ireland Director Dr. James Lawlor on the Three Things that Matter podcast with Ann Blake!  James’s three…

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We have all of the technology we need to connect and yet we are more isolated than ever. I am…

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Maru Castañeda has been an active member of the N4 community since 2013. As an educator and Master Practitioner, she…

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There’s an idea that we’re hopelessly divided, that our differences are far more important than our commonalities. That no amount…

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Humility is key when talking about the power of literature. The writer can’s do all that much, but the reader…

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Narrative 4 partners with Seton Hill University for Grappling with Genocide Summer Institute for high school educators.

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Dr. Leslie Burns explores how narrative strategies support students’ need for community and connection.

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Bronx-based educator Liz Haela spoke with Chalkbeat about how she’s using the Narrative 4 Story Exchange to help her students reacclimate to in-class learning, promote active listening, and spark curiosity.

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Laura Muriello joined the N4 team in July of 2021 as the Vice President, North America. Laura is a Mexican-American, first-generation college graduate…

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Amber Coleman-Mortley chats with N4 Director of Global Programs Lee Keylock about how stories bring people together and create a more nuanced understanding of the human condition.

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We all know that stories transform the world. But we also know that stories work only when action is taken.…

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We are thrilled to be among the 10 nonprofits selected to receive an NBCUniversal grant to advance social justice and…

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Author and N4 Co-Founder Colum McCann explores storytelling as a national tradition.

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Get to know Narrative 4 through the stories of our students, educators, and artists!

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Watch N4 founding artist and poet Darrell Bourque in conversations with painter Bill Gingles, N4 Master Practitioner and poet Faisal Mohyuddin, N4 board chair and co-founder of the Telos Group, Greg Khalil, and N4 Global Student Ambassador Malak Lahham.

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In the opening session of migraré, our three-day story exchange about race and identity, N4 Director of Marketing and Communications, Felice Belle, talks to Lama Rod Owens about why conversations about race are challenging for so many and how educators can resource themselves for this difficult and necessary work.

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Listen to Sharhonda Bossier, EdLoc Deputy Director and N4 Board Director, on The New York Times podcast The Daily! Sharhonda shares a moving personal narrative about her grandparents…

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Ishmael Beah’s new novel, Little Family, will be the focal point of this event as we dive into what it means to turn empathy into action in the Joe Slovo Township of Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

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Can you build empathy in a virtual world? The answer is a resounding, yes! Our friends at Stand Together joined us…

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“We need to hear from corners of America we haven’t heard from. I want you to go out with a…

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We are thrilled to be one of the trailblazing programs featured in the Bridging Differences Playbook published by UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science…

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Ilustrator Eimear McNally captures the lessons, learning, and bonding that happened during this 8-week project between prisoners at Mountjoy and college students. In partnership with Gaisce -The President’s Award.

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Narrative 4 is pleased to launch a Summer of Impact with Apeirogon, an event designed to highlight the mission and work of Narrative 4 through great literature. Watch New York Times best-selling author and N4 co-founder, Colum McCann, in conversation with Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan, the two main, real life characters in McCann’s new novel, Apeirogon.

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Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced. – James Baldwin…

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What happens when students who’ve never met share intimate stories with each other?

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“What time demands now is a new form of contrapuntal listening: we are part of the larger music, and we…

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Buchi Onyegbule is a broadcast journalist, editor, and sometime writer. Most recently, he was the host of The Morning Mojo,…

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Watch students from The Bronx, NY, and Langley, KY, cross state lines — and cultural divides.

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Ruth Gilligan is a Narrative 4 Artist and Global Master Practitioner, born in Dublin and based in the UK. Her…

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Humanity is the first casualty of war. Neighbors become other, become adversaries. How does a nation rebuild in the aftermath? How…

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‘Tis the season! Our Field Exchange students from University Heights High School (UHHS) in the Bronx, NY and Floyd Central…

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For the past few months, students from University Heights High School in New York, the American School of Tampico in…

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NY1 captured a virtual exchange between students at University Heights High School (UHHS) in the Bronx, NY and Floyd County…

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We need to hear from corners of America we haven’t heard from. I want you to go out with a…

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Our impactful collaboration with the Boston-based WGBH (PBS affiliate) and the non-profit The GroundTruth Project, resulted in this video from…

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What does it mean to be a man in the twenty-first century? In Limerick, Narrative 4 Ireland’s “Boys’ Stories” partnered…

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Our European Director, Ruairí McKiernan, recently spoke with The Irish Times about the need for increased empathy and the work…

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WHY WE’RE THANKFUL:Because of the spirit of young leaders… This fall, Narrative 4 facilitated story exchanges with over 500 young leaders at three…

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“The eight of us gathered together again…We knew what was coming: we would tell our stories to each other, and in the process, get a glimpse of each other’s lives.”

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When sizeable refugee populations from African and Muslim countries start resettling in communities that look, talk and pray nothing like them, friction and outright racism can follow. Can simple storytelling prevent that fate?

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In addition to the late December 2016 cover story, we partnered with New York magazine to produce a mini-documentary on our Empathy into…

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