Shanelle Matthews partners with social justice activists, organizations and campaigns to build narrative power. She is the communications director for the Movement for Black Lives, founder of the Radical Communicators Network and co-author of Framing New Worlds: Resistance Narratives from 21st Century Social Movements.
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