Jothsna

Jothsna Harris (she/her) has 7 years of experience building capacity for the climate justice movement, most recently as the Director of Special Projects and Partnerships at Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy, designing, implementing award-winning climate change programs that are rooted in community, and center personal narrative and other values-based ways that resonate. Jothsna led the creative process for and co-edited the book, Eyewitness: Minnesota Voices on Climate Change; an anthology of community-sourced stories, poems, and art, and developed a campaign that utilized the book to build public will and share testimony with legislators to help move climate justice policy. Jothsna is the owner of Change Narrative Consulting LLC and consults on climate storytelling and other climate-related projects. She currently serves on The Great Northern Board of Directors. In her spare time, Jothsna is a small-scale organic farmer and proud member of the Midwest Farmers of Color Collective.

Society of Mother Earth (S.O.M.E)

Society of Mother Earth (S.O.M.E) is an invitation to connect, particularly around climate. It is intended to foster relationships between humans and the environment and prompt healing in our broken world through performances, gatherings, and storytelling initiatives.  Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/dYoBfrkTLao, a short film by Nick Kapanke Society of Mother Earth is a climate-action project of Oyate Hotanin (Voice …

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Change Narrative Receives 2023 Creative Climate Communications Award

The Minnesota Climate Adaptation Awards, presented annually since 2014, celebrate exceptional achievements in leadership, education, research, policies, and practices that improve resilience or climate justice through the development, advancement, or implementation of climate adaptation strategies. We know that celebrating success and showcasing the actions and leadership of our peers can help to accelerate adaptation across Minnesota, and …

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Cracking Open the Possibility Of Joy: Collective Power Is Needed For Climate Healing

Reflections on Climate Grief to Joy, Healing Circle Programming at Crosby Farm Park Written by Guest Author: Grace Generous, Intern at Change Narrative LLC. Originally Published in Mississippi Park Connection’s Annual Report 2022 The crisp October day welcomed us into the circle as we gathered in the clearing at Crosby Farm Park. Jothsna, Buffalo, Laura, …

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Change Narrative welcomes Grace, a Macalester College student interning this fall 🍂

Grace invites the following reflection prompt while also sharing parts of her journey and what motivates her in this work… ~~~ What’s Your Favorite Memory From the Summer? ~~~ Mine is planting sunflowers 🌻 It was mid-July, 2021, and we were in the process of clearing overgrown weeds off walkways at the Danny Woo Community …

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The Importance of Storytelling

CITY CLIMATE CORNER PODCAST Listen to the episode: https://www.cityclimatecorner.com/episodes/the-importance-of-storytelling Episode Summary: Climate change discussion is often filled with science, data, and graphs. But to move people, organizations, and governments to action requires emotional connections and empathy. It requires storytelling. We interview Jothsna Harris, founder of Change Narrative, who is dedicated to building capacity in the …

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