Social Impact Storytelling™
With our Social Impact Storytelling™ framework, our videos humanize complexity into compelling stories of impact.
Real people, real stories.
Real-life narratives offer an authenticity and specificity of experiences.
Centering the most affected.
These experiences are assets to understand problems and solutions for social change.
Conveying impact
Show how actions are making a difference for individuals, families, community, and society.
What Makes Us Different
In-house interdisciplinary team of strategists, creative producers, and editors
Multicultural, multilingual, and multiracial team bringing local and global perspectives
Diverse portfolio: public health, medicine, environment, education, entrepreneurship, architecture and housing
Team Picks & Recent Projects
The Boston Foundation // Our Pathways to Equity: A Series
We partnered with The Boston Foundation (TBF) on a complementary video series for their annual report. The series captures TBF’s partnership approach to philanthropy and their commitment to centering equity, improving lives, and strengthening communities.
Explore the series: Powering a Culture of Philanthropy
Beam Therapeutics // Stories of Patients & Caregivers with Alpha -1 Disease
We worked with Beam Therapeutics on a series to educate communities, and the medical and research world, by centering the stories of individuals and families in Massachusetts, Maine, and California affected by the Alpha- 1 Disease.
Beam Therapeutics // Sickle Cell Disease
We teamed up with Beam Therapeutics to humanize rare diseases by centering the stories of Latinx and African-American families in Houston TX affected by sickle cell disease (SCD).
Castle of Our Skins // Mission & Impact
Castle of Our Skins (COOS) is a Roxbury-based Black arts organization committed to nurturing cultural curiosity and honoring Black artistry.
COOS is a 2024 EmVisionary Grantee.
Cristo Rey Boston // Mission & Model
Cristo Rey Boston High School prepares students for college and careers by educating them to be compassionate, responsible, lifelong learners.
Capturing the impact of their unique educational model on students and alumni, this new Mission Video (2024) was showcased in their 20th-anniversary gala and will support fundraising campaigns."
UMass Boston // Harbor Islands (Living with the Urban Ocean)
We're proud to debut our latest Community Portraits project, themed "Living With the Urban Ocean." With our cofounders being alumni, it was a pleasure partnering with UMass Boston’s Sustainable Solutions Lab to showcase the Boston Harbor and Harbor Islands, and how students are exploring and protecting these natural resources.
Massachusetts Department of Public Health // The Mental Health of Latino Men in MA
The MassMen Project promotes wellness and empowers adult men in MA to take action to feel better emotionally, physically, and spiritually. With MORE Advertising and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, we produced a series of bilingual stories on the impact of therapy on Latino men in MA.
Studio Luz Architects // Urban Design & Community Engagement
Studio Luz Architects is an award-winning, innovative firm in Boston for equitable, and sustainable design.
We teamed up once again to capture their approach to urban design and community engagement, with the goal of centering diverse voices of communities across their projects.
Dorchester Art Project // Mission & Model
The Dorchester Art Project (DAP) is an artist-run space in Dorchester, Boston's largest and most diverse neighborhood.
An EmVisionary Grantee (2023), DAP is transitioning into a co-op and building an ecosystem of resources for local artists to thrive.
Love Your Magic // Mission & Model
Love Your Magic is an organization in Greater Boston that emphasizes self-advocacy, love, and sisterhood among Black and brown girls.
Love Your Magic is a 2021-2022 EmVisionary Grantee.
Studio Luz Architects // NOBULL Testimonial
Studio Luz Architects is an innovative architectural firm in Boston for equitable, sustainable design. They are queer, Latinx woman owned.
We worked with Studio Luz to showcase how they transform spaces for community, be it corporations, community organizations, or colleges.
Boston Indicators // A Long Road Home
Massachusetts has among the largest racial homeownership gaps in the country - as well as promising affordable homeownership programs.
We collaborated with the Boston Indicators to humanize the data that accompanies their 2023 report “A Long Road Home: A Racial Equity Analysis of Homeownership Support Programs in Massachusetts.”
Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA Foundation // Behind the Data - Voices of the Uninsured
Addressing gaps in insurance coverage and the unequal cost faced by marginalized communities requires listening to and learning from them. We teamed up with the Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA Foundation to profile four residents’ experiences without health insurance to accompany their 2023 report “Closing the Coverage Gaps: Reducing Health Insurance Disparities in Massachusetts.”
Boston Impact Initiative // Investing in Our Future
“Money gives us the power to shape our future. It’s how we build that intergenerational wealth and create real power for communities of color.” - Betty Francisco, CEO, Boston Impact Initiative
We captured the Boston Impact Initiative’s model of impact investing as they expand nationally and launch future funds.
Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation // In It Together: Rural Mental Health in CA
"Nothing about us without us", including rural mental health care.
We visited California to capture the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation’s Community Collaborative of Tahoe Truckee's innovative, cross-sectoral promotion of mental health in their mountain region and show the value of flexible funds.
The Boston Foundation // Spotlighting the 2021-2023 Boston Neighborhood Fellows
With the Boston Foundation, we led our Social Impact Storytelling™ online workshop and produced a spotlight series on their 2021-23 Boston Neighborhood Fellows, a cohort of community leaders.
Each 1-min vignette focuses on each Fellows’ work, story, and inspirations for a more justice, equitable Boston. Learn more about the series.
Hope Is Here & Help Is Here: Substance Use Recovery in Massachusetts & Illinois
The Massachusetts Substance Use Helpline is MA’s only statewide public resource to find substance use treatment. And the Illinois Helpline is Illinois’ only statewide public resource for finding substance use treatment and recovery services.
For each state, we produced videos and photography for a statewide multimedia, English-Spanish bilingual language campaign.
Beam Therapeutics // Stories of Patients & Caregivers with Rare Diseases
We worked with Beam Therapeutics to educate the medical and research world by centering the stories of individuals and families in New York, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania affected by sickle cell disease (SCD) and glycogen storage disease (GSD) type 1A.
