Speakers

• Rynn Reed, MVP’s new Strategic Media Advisor, shares MVP’s new-media strategy.
• Minister JaNaé Bates, Co-Executive Director of Faith in Minnesota and ISAIAH (MVP grantee partners), shares how new-media organizing can help shift the direction of a whole state.
• Jenifer Fernandez Ancona & Glennis Meagher at Way to Rise (an MVP national peer funder and partner) share their recent new-media work to support civil resistance to authoritarianism.

Briefing Resources

• Slide Deck
• 2025-2026 New-Media Strategy Memo (Web, PDF)

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3. • Donate to ISAIAH (C3) here; or donate to Faith in Minnesota (C4) here; or, to discuss major giving options, contact Javen Swanson, Donor Engagement Director, at jswanson@isaiahmn.org. 
   • Donate to Way to Rise (C3) or Way to Win (C4) here; or, to discuss major giving options, contact hello@waytowin.us. 
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Featured Partners

• ISAIAH / Faith in Minnesota
• Way to Rise / Way to Win

Articles & Readings

• Building a Narrative Justice League: Learning from a nimble and powerful narrative coalition
• The 3.5% Campaign - Way to Rise
• • The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world - BBC (5/13/2019)
• "The right dominates the online media ecosystem" - Media Matters (3/14/2025)
• Race Class Narrative - We Make the Future Action