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The Case for Explanatory Stories

In this feature article in Change Agent, FrameWorks founder Susan Nall Bales explains how explanatory stories "bend the narrative arc toward social justice."
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Susan Nall Bales
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May 20, 2016
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In this feature article in Change Agent, FrameWorks founder Susan Nall Bales explains how explanatory stories “bend the narrative arc toward social justice.”

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