Our live storytelling events are not your typical panels. They are acts of memory, strategy, and future-making hosted in a space of cultural significance. We convene frontline organizers, journalists, artists, and community leaders to hear and share stories of climate and environmental justice.
Story Salons have been a Counterstream practice since our founding in 2021. We created them to address a persistent gap in mainstream media and climate discourse — where frontline communities are frequently represented by outside institutions rather than by those closest to harm and solutions.
The practice centers narrative sovereignty, ensuring stories are shared on the storytellers’ own terms and grounded in lived experience. Each Story Salon is shaped by the people involved and the moment it responds to.
Counterstream Media has produced Story Salons across the United States in collaboration with aligned organizations including Earthjustice, Hip Hop for Change, and Frontline Resources Institute.
For partnership inquiries, please contact hello@counterstream.org.
