Meet Natalie Lartey, a narrative researcher and strategist working with social purpose
organisations. Her practice is focused on designing and using toolkits to centre racial
literacy and colonial memory as essential components of inclusive storytelling and
knowledge production. Natalie is the Director and Founder of Wood & Water, a social
enterprise that equips people with the tools they need to rethink inclusive storytelling
and knowledge production, in ways that better serve diverse racial groups and the wider
third sector.
Natalie began her career in environmental campaigning following several years of youth
activism raising awareness of deaths in police custody and stop and search in Black
British communities. She went on to lead campaigns and communications initiatives
for environmental and humanitarian aid organisations including Greenpeace, Action
Against Hunger, and Concern Worldwide.
With over twenty years’ social impact experience, Natalie has developed campaigns,
created content, and facilitated critical debate on inclusive storytelling in a range of
contexts including Western Europe, East and West Africa, South America, the
Caribbean and Southeast Asia. An innovator in her field Natalie has always bought her
combined English, Jamaican, and Nigerian heritage to her work.
She co-chairs the humanitarian sectors Pledge for Change authentic storytelling panel
and advises the International Institute for Environment and Development on ethical
knowledge generation and communication. Natalie holds an MRes in Communications
from Goldsmiths, University of London, and a BSc in Information and Publishing Studies
from Loughborough University.
Where can you find Natalie?
WoodWater_org on instagram and LinkedIn- Instagram + (7) Wood & Water: Posts | LinkedIn
Natalie Lartey on LinkedIn- (7) Natalie Lartey | LinkedIn
Who/What does Natalie want to promote:
Voices for Change: Stroies from the environmental movement at the British Library- Voices for Change: Stories from the Environmental Movement | British Library