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11/20/2025

RSVP for the CNP's 'The Fantasies of Future Things' Book Discussion - https://mailchi.mp/counternarrative/rsvp-for-the-cnps-the-fantasies-of-future-things-book-discussion

11/20/2025

Enjoy this event recap video from CNP At Eleven, the Counter Narrative Project's 11th anniversary celebration. In the spirit of the theme, “Ignite: Narrative Justice in Motion,” we honored leaders who are advancing the narrative toward a world where everyone can fully thrive.

Keynote Speaker: Kevin Powell

2025 Honorees
TC Carson - CNP Narrative Icon Award
Christopher A. Daniel - CNP Award for Excellence in Journalism
Sophia Hussen - Louis Graham Award for Excellence in Research
Jamil Jude - CNP Award for Allyship
Charis Books & More - CNP Guardian of the Narrative Award
Darwin Thompson - CNP Narrative Hero Award
Dwain Bridges, Dr. Daniel D. Driffin, and Larry Scott-Walker - Alvin Agarrat Award for Impact on CNP

Images by: Colurwrk
Video by: NCRWD Creative

11/13/2025

Join us at our next installment of The Reckoning Reading at The ArtsXchange. We are excited to welcome readers Robert J. Williams and Donnie Moreland in conversation with Charles Stephens. Register here: https://thecounternarrative.org/events/the-reckoning-reading11-2025

The Reckoning Reading Series, a literary salon, seeks to build bridges, tear down barriers, and celebrate culture. Our vision is to curate a space for fearless storytelling, insightful cultural criticism, and inspired dialogue.

10/31/2025

CNP Celebrates Eleven Years - https://mailchi.mp/counternarrative/november-2025-newsletter-cnp-celebrates-eleven-years

10/06/2025

RSVP for Reckoning Literary Salon - https://mailchi.mp/counternarrative/rsvp-for-reckoning-literary-salon-10-2025

09/04/2025

September Newsletter: CNP Reckons with Freak Twitter and More... - https://mailchi.mp/counternarrative/september-2025-newsletter-cnp-reckons-with-freak-twitter-and-more

08/25/2025

For National Faith HIV/AIDS Awareness Day , CNP has released an exclusive conversation. In 2021, CNP's Deputy Director of Strategy and Impact, Johnnie Ray Kornegay III (Jay Ray), interviewed Archbishop Carl Bean. In the conversation, Archbishop Bean discusses spirituality, his HIV activism, and the song "I Was Born This Way" in his own words. Click the link in our profile to listen on The Reckoning today.

Recorded in January 2021, Archbishop Carl Bean, spiritual leader, HIV activism pioneer, and the voice behind 1977’s “I Was Born This Way,” recounts his journey from gospel stages and Motown to founding Unity Fellowship and ministering through the HIV crisis of the 1980s and 1990s. It’s a can...

08/15/2025

Happy Birthday to our Founder and Executive Director Charles Stephens! Year after year, you push us all to create a world where we can be our most bold, Black selves. Enjoy your day!

In honor of his birthday, please consider making a donation of $45 to CNP.

https://bit.ly/cnpgive

08/11/2025

August Newsletter: CNP heads to Philadelphia, welcomes new Editor-At-Large and more this month - https://mailchi.mp/counternarrative/august-2025-newsletter-cnp-heads-to-philadelphia-welcomes-new-editor-at-large-and-more-this-month

08/07/2025

We encourage all of you to save the date for CNP at 11, our 11th anniversary celebration. We'll be honoring leaders and celebrating our work at The Gathering Spot in Atlanta. RSVP today!

Save the date for CNP's 11th anniversary celebration!

07/24/2025

“Theo’s humanity, his flaws, and his grounded sense of self were universal. I saw a version of myself in him, a Black boy trying to figure things out in a world that had already decided who I was supposed to be.”

Eric Paulk wrote about the impact of Malcolm-Jamal Warner's portrayal of Theo Huxtable for The Reckoning.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s portrayal of Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show redefined Black boyhood on television. Through Warner’s work, generations of Black boys, from all backgrounds, found permission to be complex and unapologetically themselves.