Our six-step ACTION Method framework helps turn story discussions into community organizing:
A — Analyze the System
Identify power structures from the story that exist in your community.
C — Check Your Position
Honest self-assessment about your own role and typical responses.
T — Target Real Change
Move from general concern to specific, concrete actions you can take.
I — Implement & Iterate
Start small, stay accountable, and adjust based on what you learn.
O — Organize Together
Amplify individual actions into collective power.
N — Nurture the WorkBuild
Sustainable practices that prevent burnout.
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Popular stories our community uses
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The Fifth Season (N.K. Jemisin) - Explores systemic oppression through the lens of people with earthquake powers in a world that fears them.
Parable of the Sower (Octavia Butler) - A young woman builds community resilience in climate collapse America.
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins) - Media manipulation, class warfare, and the mechanics of revolution.
Kindred (Octavia Butler) - Time travel forces a modern Black woman to confront slavery's legacy.
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood) - How quickly democracies can slide into fascism.
Mexican Gothic (Silvia Moreno-Garcia) - Colonial violence and bodily autonomy wrapped in gothic horror.
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Andor - The daily reality of living under fascism and choosing resistance.
Reservation Dogs - Indigenous community resilience, healing, and decolonization.
The Good Place - Moral philosophy and systemic inequality disguised as a comedy about the afterlife.
Watchmen (HBO) - White supremacy, generational trauma, and the limits of justice.
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Everything Everywhere All at Once - Immigrant experience, family expectations, and infinite possibilities under capitalism.
Sorry to Bother You - Labor organizing, code-switching, and selling your soul for success.
Black Panther - Isolationism vs. intervention, and what we owe the global community.
And many more . . .