The Storytellers

Roshan Bliss

Roshan is an accomplished community organizer, nonprofit leader, and policy advocate with over 15 years of experience in advancing democratic innovation and systems change. Roshan currently serves as the Director of Democracy Innovations for the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation  - a 20-year old professional network for practitioners of conflict resolution, public participation, and deliberative democracy - where his role is to support the field in shifting its focus from internal field building to outward-facing efforts to address democratic dysfunction and lead cultural interventions that support depolarization.

Jen on a hiking trail

Jen Sarché

Jen has a decade of experience building impact campaigns around social justice related documentary films, including such award winning media as My Octopus Teacher, Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union, Crip Camp, RBG, and more. She also has been Co-Executive Director of the conflict transformation nonprofit Building Bridges, and has deep community organizing experience in the realm of reproductive justice and HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention. And, she really loves reality TV.

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