The Pop Culture Collaborative offers an array of learning tools to support field members, funders, and donors to immerse in visionary narrative change strategies, groundbreaking field building approaches, in-depth case studies, and fresh insights into communities, audiences and fandoms.
Every day, millions of people immerse in television shows, films, music, books, games, social media, fandoms, and digital communities that bring us joy, feed our curiosity, and spark our imagination. But pop culture isn’t just fun—it is also the most influential arena in which people make meaning, form identities, find belonging, and discover the courage to take action. If we hope to realize a just and pluralist society, we need to invest in pop culture narrative change strategies.
Culture change ensures lasting change.
We define pop culture as the conversations, big ideas, major narratives, and immersive stories—films, TV shows, music, books, games, political speeches, journalism, digital content and conversations, and more—experienced by mass audiences of millions of people every day.
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Take our four-part video masterclass for grantmakers and donors who want to understand how best to support field partners to transform the toxic narrative waters in the US and inspire millions of people to co-create a just and pluralist society where everyone belongs. Imagination Requested features the foundational frameworks and strategies developed and used by the Pop Culture Collaborative to design, test and evaluate our resourcing of the pop culture narrative change field.