Personal Stories

The Campaigns team launched in 2017 to help health care advocates protect the Affordable Care Act. Since then, the team has grown into a multipolicy storytelling program that integrates opinion research, media testing, organizing, and advocacy to strategically build humanized public policy narratives. The Campaigns team:

  • Finds, interviews, and trains storytellers who can bring policy ideas to life and illicit emotion, and helps those storytellers share their experiences across mediums and through our own social media and press resources. The team maintains relationships with its storytellers year after year.
  • Connects government officials and other advocacy and policy organizations to storytellers.
  • Tests the impact of published stories and amplifies effective stories through its robust partner network.
  • Builds capacity for local and community organizations starting their own storytelling programs.
Our bank of stories is meant to be a resource for those who want to incorporate stories into their public policy efforts. To connect with storytellers featured on our site or with others in our story bank, please email our team at [email protected].


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Kansas

Nationwide Abortion Bans Threaten the Will of Kansas Voters
Personal Story People standing at voting machines

Nationwide Abortion Bans Threaten the Will of Kansas Voters

A Kansas abortion activist fears that a nationwide abortion ban will reverse the will of Kansas voters who overwhelmingly support protecting abortion.

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Georgia

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Michigan

Older Michigander Saves $400 on Health Care Costs
Personal Story President Joe Biden and policymakers

Older Michigander Saves $400 on Health Care Costs

An older American on Medicare explains how the Inflation Reduction Act helped her access no-cost vaccines.

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Nevada

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North Carolina

Op-ed: How a federally-funded apprenticeship changed my life

Op-ed: How a federally-funded apprenticeship changed my life

Joshua Swindells, who dropped out of school as a teenager to care for his elderly parents, explains how a federally funded apprenticeship program allowed him to return to his education and gain valuable work experience in the information technology field. Joshua fears that proposals to cut federal workforce funding could harm young people such as him.

Cardinal & Pine

Joshua Swindells

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Pennsylvania

I’m a Union Worker in Pennsylvania. I Know Biden’s Got Our Back.

I’m a Union Worker in Pennsylvania. I Know Biden’s Got Our Back.

Sherice Workman, a union carpenter who worked on the historic 12-day repair of I-95 in Philadelphia, shares how federal infrastructure investments are creating a boom in union career opportunities within the skilled trades.

The Keystone

Sherice Workman

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Wisconsin

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The True Cost of the Republican Health Care Agenda Past Event

The True Cost of the Republican Health Care Agenda

Join the Center for American Progress Action Fund for a discussion on how Republican health policies are fueling premium hikes and leaving working families to pay the price.

Center for American Progress Action Fund - Online

2025 Global Progress Action Summit Past Event

2025 Global Progress Action Summit

Progressive policy leaders, thinkers, strategists, and changemakers from more than 20 countries gathered in London for the 2025 Global Progress Action Summit, hosted by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, Labour Together, and the Institute for Public Policy Research.

The grand ‘treaty’ that could derail GOP gerrymandering In the News

The grand ‘treaty’ that could derail GOP gerrymandering

In an op-ed published by MSNBC, Greta Bedekovics argues that Congress needs to pass legislation to ban partisan and racial gerrymandering, but until then, states should adopt a “treaty” promising to set aside their redistricting commissions.

MSNBC

Greta Bedekovics

Australian Sectoral Bargaining Reforms Show Early Promise Article

Australian Sectoral Bargaining Reforms Show Early Promise

Recently adopted labor reforms in Australia have helped increase collective bargaining coverage, union membership, and wage growth and may serve as a model for pro-labor advocates in the United States.

Center for American Progress

David Madland

Good Jobs for Government Workers Improve Public Services Report

Good Jobs for Government Workers Improve Public Services

By maintaining fair working conditions for government workers, state and local policymakers can increase productivity, improve public outcomes, support stable revenues, and attract the next generation of public servants.

Center for American Progress

Karla Walter, Sachin Shiva

The Trump Administration Is Quietly Gutting Minimum Wage Protections for Millions of Workers Article

The Trump Administration Is Quietly Gutting Minimum Wage Protections for Millions of Workers

The administration has already cut minimum wage protections for hundreds of thousands of federal contract workers and halted plans to require companies to pay disabled workers at least $7.25 per hour; this Labor Day, it will advance plans to eliminate federal minimum wage protections for millions of child care and home care providers.

Center for American Progress

Aurelia Glass

Faithfully: A Conversation About Religion and Politics With Rep. James Talarico Past Event

Faithfully: A Conversation About Religion and Politics With Rep. James Talarico

Please join the Center for American Progress Action Fund for a conversation with Rep. James Talarico on how religion can inform an individual’s politics, the importance of the separation of church and state, and how people of faith can support our democracy.

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A New Vision for the Democratic Party: Remarks and Conversation With Sen. Elissa Slotkin Past Event

A New Vision for the Democratic Party: Remarks and Conversation With Sen. Elissa Slotkin

Join CAP Action for a conversation with Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Neera Tanden, CEO of CAP Action, about a new vision for the Democratic Party to fight back against Republicans’ attacks on American pocketbooks and democracy.

Center for American Progress Action Fund and online via Zoom

State Legislators Fighting for the Working Class Past Event

State Legislators Fighting for the Working Class

Please join the Center for American Progress Action Fund and State Innovation Exchange (SiX) Action for a discussion with state lawmakers on how to promote a policy agenda to support the working class.

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Despite Musk’s Departure, Trump’s War Against Unions and Workers Will Continue Article

Despite Musk’s Departure, Trump’s War Against Unions and Workers Will Continue

While DOGE made headlines for firing tens of thousands of federal workers, Elon Musk's departure will not slow down the Trump administration’s efforts to end collective bargaining for more than 1 million workers, slash wage protections for hundreds of thousands, and muzzle a key agency protecting organizing rights.

Center for American Progress

Aurelia Glass

Governors Should Fight for an Economic Agenda To Improve the Lives of Working-Class Residents Report

Governors Should Fight for an Economic Agenda To Improve the Lives of Working-Class Residents

By advancing policies to build power and raise the wages of working-class families, governors can improve economic opportunity for all state residents and illustrate a strong contrast with the Trump administration, which is abandoning its commitments to working people.

Center for American Progress

Karla Walter

Representing Working-Class Voters Past Event

Representing Working-Class Voters

Please join the Center for American Progress Action Fund for a discussion with congressional representatives about how best to promote an agenda for today’s working class.

1333 H St NW, Washington, DC | Online via Zoom

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