ChangeTheStory.net

About The Program

ChangeTheStory.net is a premiere online resource aimed at transforming harmful stereotypes about Muslims that persist in society. Created as a companion resource to a major bipartisan report, “Changing Course: A New Direction for U.S. Relations with the Muslim World,” we hope to transform the narrative we carry of each other, Muslim and non-Muslim alike.

ChangeTheStory was launched in September 2008, under the leadership of a multi-faith team of advisors and developed in cooperation with staff leadership of the U.S. Muslim Engagement Project, from Search for Common Ground and the Consensus Building Institute. These organizations convened a distinguished group of American leaders, including former Secretary of State Madeline Albright, to form a clear and strong consensus on a strategy to enhance U.S. security and improve U.S. relations with the Muslim world. Their findings emphasized promoting mutual respect and understanding between the United States and Muslim majority countries. In order to make the U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project report more accessible, Intersections developed ChangeTheStory.net.

ChangeTheStory features tools for educators, religious leaders and concerned individuals. On the website, you can Meet Your Neighbor and hear Muslim Americans talk about their lives. You can Change The Story by learning more about Islam in all its diversity. And you can Change The World with easy-to-use, built-in advocacy tools.

This interactive website offers multiple entry points into the report, and moves its recommendations into action. Visit ChangeTheStory.net to learn more and join us on facebook! If you would like more information, please contact us at info@ChangeTheStory.net.