Narrative Change Self-Assessment Form

The Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies developed a Narrative Change Self-Assessment Form to think through narrative change work. This resource was shared as part of the Gault Center & Youth Empowerment for Advancement Hangout (YEAH Philly)’s webinar on Revolutionizing Probation from Punishment to Community-led Safety, Part I, held on March 26, 2026.

“This document has been created to help you — as an individual, an organization, part of a collective, etc. — think through how you have done narrative change work in the past, as well as how you may like to do this work in the future. It is also designed to help you think of narrative change efforts as a comprehensive, measurable strategy instead of individual activities. There are no right or wrong answers, and it is OK to leave questions blank. You can respond to the questions thinking about one particular strategy/campaign/output, or you can think about the entirety of your narrative change work as a whole. We are defining narrative change as: ‘the effort to challenge, modify, or replace existing narratives that perpetuate inequity and uphold an unjust status quo, through the creation and deployment of new or different narratives.'”