This trailer introduces an innovative collaboration between two nonprofits focused on narrative change and community building. Chicago youth have led the production of “Our Stories, Our World,” a series of community-centered narratives about public safety, public health and public education.

The collaboration connects Chicago’s Public Narrative, a longtime advocate for broader, more accurate and more authentic community representation in media, and A Picture’s Worth, a nonprofit focused on strengths-based storytelling for community transformation. The complementary nonprofits’ first project combines audio stories and photography to create a series of citizen-centered podcasts that add depth and context to stories about Public Narrative’s three thematic pillars: public safety, public health and public education.