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Change Stories is an international research partnership that aims to spark dialogue and learning through storytelling about equitable and sustainable urban development. See more about us and the work we do at https://changestories.be.uw.edu/
With this amazing group of people, every minute is filled with inspiration and excitement from sharing and discussing new ideas. Surrounded by beautiful flowers and hills of Villa de Leyva, we worked on our cross-comparative papers and "Other Voices" book, a repository of nuanced stories of change.
October 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Be part of a global exchange shaping more equitable and sustainable cities — and the stories we tell about them!
Learn more about the Change Stories Fellows program at the webinar on Wednesday, October 22nd, at 10-11am PT / 1-2pm ET. Register for the webinar at changestories.be.uw.edu/fellows/
October 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Be part of a global exchange shaping more equitable and sustainable cities — and the stories we tell about them!
Applications are now open for the Change Stories Fellows program, a learning and knowledge exchange program that includes U.S.-based leaders and changemakers in equity and sustainability.
October 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Through illustrations and short text, we document powerful stories of the diverse actors who co-created this innovative policy. The illustrations highlight community-based political campaigning and collective action to improve the quality of life for all Bogotá residents.
September 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Bogotá’s public care system addresses the needs of unpaid caregivers, mostly women, and prioritizes investments in the city’s most deprived and peripheral neighborhoods.
September 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Belo Horizonte, Brazil, is a global leader in food sovereignty and security policies. We created an illustrated guide to re-examine the story of how Belo Horizonte developed these policies and programs, celebrate their successes, and expose their unresolved flaws.
September 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
However, the counter-narrative voiced by the community groups is that Belfast’s urban development is not meeting the needs of marginalized communities. They take the lead and put into practice initiatives that address common needs and promote peace and social cohesion.
September 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
In Belfast, the dominant narrative is that the city is achieving peace through prosperity after a long history of conflict and is an international model for conflict resolution.
September 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Cities have dominant stories about their history, identity, and change. These stories circulate via many channels such as the news, official documents, and political speeches. Counter-narratives oftentimes tell a different story about the city and its change, including who has been left out and why.
September 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Exhibition "The State of Belfast", currently in the Metropolitan Arts Centre, Belfast, is a multi-faceted project drawing connections between art practice and housing rights activism through an extensive public programme of talks, tours, and screenings.
August 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Join us for a walking tour of Cathedral Quarter - Belfast where we will be discussing the area’s recent decline and future potential!

14 Aug 2025
Time: 5pm - 6.30pm
Free, but Booking Required:
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August 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
By providing free, healthy meals to waste pickers in downtown Belo Horizonte, it affirms food as a right and strengthens collective efforts toward food sovereignty in the city.
Photo credits: Maria Olívia Floriano
#changestories #asmare #mst #foodsecurity #solidaritykitchen #belohorizonte
August 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Maria Brás Solidarity Kitchen remains a powerful example of how alliances between rural and urban social movements can confront hunger through solidarity.
August 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Aarathi Prasad, one of the Change Stories’ advisory group members, is involved in the Plastic Waste Innovation Hub, a team of researchers, designers, and engineers exploring issues of plastic waste while recognizing that there are no simple solutions as plastic is intricately embedded in our lives.
June 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
From body awareness and artistic resistance to conflict resolution and alliance-building, these collective efforts shape new ways to participate and lead. #FeministLeadership #WomenInPolitics #WomenEmpowerment #PoliticalParticipation
#LeadershipForChange #CommunityVoices
#SocialJustice#ChangeStories
May 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Powerful days with the Women’s Advisory Council in Bogotá 💜 We co-create political advocacy projects through a leadership course built by and for women.
May 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
“Stories about urban change are often simplified, giving credit to a single mayor or policy, which is not usually the full story,” says Sergio Montero, Change Stories collaborator and Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. @sergemont.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Through Change Stories, we are establishing new types of relationships between academic and community-based partners, centering joy and respect for diverse knowledge in our work.
Learn more about the Change Stories project in the full video on changestories.be.uw.edu
February 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
How does storytelling relate to urban change? And why is important to understand the whole story?
Watch the full video on the Change Stories website:
changestories.be.uw.edu
#Changestories #Storytelling #Storytellingforimpact
February 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Meitheal is the Irish word for a work team and denotes the co-operative labour system in Ireland where groups of neighbours help each other in turn with farming work, such as harvesting crops. To the heart of the concept is community unity through cooperative work and mutually reciprocal support.
February 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
In October, we gathered for a powerful Collective Memory event with the Women’s Advisory Council of Bogotá. It underscored the crucial role of women’s voices in shaping the District’s Public Policy on Women and Gender Equality and honored those who have strengthened the Council since 2007.
February 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A few days a week, the community comes together planting, nurturing, harvesting and cooking food. They share knowledge, memories and recipes. They develop old and new skills, as they root around in the past and plan for future.
February 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
In the centre of Belfast, a group of artists and activists have come together to turn an abandoned space into a community garden. They have set an open fire for people to sit together and explore what it means to feed themselves in the face of the climate crisis.
February 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Positioning care at the forefront of the public agenda in Bogotá has been a collective effort from various spheres. Women’s movements, policymakers, state bureaucrats, and economists have worked together to ensure that feminism underpins public policy and women fully and equally exercise citizenship
February 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM