The Narrative Research Lab furthers The Opportunity Agenda's mission of advancing and strengthening connections within the immigration space, acting as a repository for research that has shaped narrative in the movement. The Lab’s digital library (below) supports this goal by enabling partners to discover effective messaging more quickly and build on each other’s research more efficiently.
Parties interested in learning more about the Narrative Research Lab, becoming a member, or submitting their research to our list are invited to sign up. Those who would like to search available research and make requests for privately-held research are welcome to use the digital library below. However, only those who have completed and returned a signed copy of the Memorandum of Understanding will have rights to view all of the works listed.
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HOW TO USE THE DIGITAL LIBRARY
Search the library using the open search and/or dropdown fields below. If your search results are not publicly available (as marked by a hyperlink), copy the resource title(s), click “Submit Library Request,” and paste resource title(s) into the form. Response time: typically 5-8 business days. Watch the digital library instructional walk-through video here.
Please direct questions to narrativeresearchlab@opportunityagenda.org.
Digital Library
| Year | Title | Institution | File Type | Issue Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | What Immigration Issues Do Americans Hold Sacred | American Immigration Council | Report | Public Opinion |
| 2021 | NRL January Webinar with the Immigration Strategic Messaging Project: Messaging Strategies to Build and Bolster Pro-immigrant Support | Immigration Strategic Messaging Project | Slide Deck, Video | Messaging Strategy |
| 2021 | NRL February Webinar with American Friends Service Committee: Messaging to End Detention and Deportation | American Friends Service Committee | Slide Deck, Video | Messaging Strategy |
| 2021 | NRL March Webinar with the Goodwin Simon Strategic Research and the Comm/Unity Network: Immigrants and the Criminal-legal System | Goodwin Simon Strategic Research, the Comm/Unity Network | Slide Deck, Video | Other |
| 2020 | NRL May Webinar with Detention Watch Network and Goodwin Simon Strategic Research: A Messaging Guide for Ending Immigrant Detention | Detention Watch Network, Goodwin Simon Strategic Research | Slide Deck, Video | Detention |
| 2020 | A Legacy Of Injustice: The U.S. Criminalization Of Migration | National Immigrant Justice Center | Report, Summary | Enforcement |
| 2020 | The Impact of COVID-10 on African Diaspora Communities: Addendum to the Report on Key Achievements Realizing Thematic Objectives of IDPAD | UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab | Report | Policy Review |
| 2020 | NRL June Webinar with National Immigration Law Center and The Opportunity Agenda: Race, Class, Health Care for All and Immigrant Inclusion | National Immigration Law Center | Slide Deck, Video | Public Opinion |
| 2020 | Communicating about Racial Equity and COVID-19: Connecting Data to Context | Berkeley Media Studies Group | Other | Messaging Strategy |
| 2020 | Pandemic as Pretext: Trump Administration Exploits COVID-19, Expels Asylum Seekers and Children to Escalating Danger | Human Rights First | Report | Policy Review |