Stories as Seeds: Cultivating Change Through Lived Experience

This June, the Alliance for Collective Action invites you the next chapter of our signature series.

Following our sold-out Where Do We Go From Here? event, Stories as Seeds continues our shared journey, this time focusing on story as a strategy for change. From culture to climate, from art to advocacy, we’ll honor the many forms stories take; oral, written, visual, embodied; and how they shape our movements, our policies, and our future.

This event is part cultural celebration, part civic springboard.

We’ll hear from artists, organizers, and visionaries whose lived experiences offer wisdom, resistance, and reimagination. Together, we’ll explore how personal and collective narratives fuel systemic transformation, and we’ll offer practical tools to turn those stories into action.

Stories as Seeds lands at a powerful civic moment, Colorado’s interim legislative session. While the official calendar wraps in May, the quieter summer and fall months are when community voices have the most power to shape what’s next.

With bill titles pulled by December, now is the time to cultivate ideas and engage lawmakers. This event will help you sharpen your story into a tool for impact; through op-eds, testimony, and direct engagement with decision-makers.

What you can expect:

– Compelling stories from community voices

– Facilitated dialogue around narrative, identity, and civic power

– Connection + co-creation, with space to reflect and plant seeds together

– Light bites + refreshments, because nourishment matters in all forms

Reserve your spot today

This is a suggested $10 donation event, with all proceeds going toward storyteller stipends and scholarship tickets to make this gathering accessible to all. If the donation is a financial hardship, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our Director of Programs, Jolie Brawner at jbrawner@afca.earth to ask about scholarship, supported, or pay-it-forward ticket options. We believe cost should never be a barrier to participation, and your generosity helps make that possible.

Reserve your spot today!