Personal Stories

The Stories 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 Stories 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].


Minnesota

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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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Arizona

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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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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.

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State Legislators Fighting for the Working Class Upcoming 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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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.

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These 20 Congressional Districts Would See Massive Health Insurance Premium Increases Under Congressional Republicans’ Health Care Plans Article
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) departs a news conference.

These 20 Congressional Districts Would See Massive Health Insurance Premium Increases Under Congressional Republicans’ Health Care Plans

Families in 20 key districts will see Affordable Care Act marketplace premiums rise by thousands of dollars each year if congressional Republicans succeed in slashing Medicaid funding and letting the enhanced premium tax credits expire.

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