Spitfire Sparks

Storytelling has long been one of the most powerful ways that we communicate. It's how we share from one generation to the next our cultural customs, our local narratives and our language of understanding. As times change, so do the ways in which we tell, share and engage with...

This guest blog was written by Tigress Osborn, Chair of the Board of Directors of NAAFA and Amanda Cooper, Public Relations Director and Board Member of NAAFA and Senior Partner in the LightBox Collaborative. August is Fat Liberation Month! Though the National Association to...

Spitfire is committed to supporting movements that advance racial, economic and social justice across the country. We believe it’s critical to center the voices of people who are most impacted by systemic injustice, which is what led the firm to create a $100,000 pro bono fund to...

As we turn 20, we’re reflecting and we’re planning for the days and years ahead. And we remain committed to learning and sharing what we learn along the way. Please check out blog posts like this one in our Spitfire XX: Fearless. Fresh. Focused. anniversary series, which features...

As we turn 20, we’re reflecting and we’re planning for the days and years ahead. And we remain committed to learning and sharing what we learn along the way. Please check out blog posts like this one in our Spitfire XX: Fearless. Fresh. Focused. anniversary series, which features...

As we turn 20, we’re reflecting and we’re planning for the days and years ahead. And we remain committed to learning and sharing what we learn along the way. Please check out blog posts like this one in our Spitfire XX: Fearless. Fresh. Focused. anniversary series, which features...

As we turn 20, we’re reflecting and we’re planning for the days and years ahead. And we remain committed to learning and sharing what we learn along the way. Please check out blog posts like this one in our Spitfire XX: Fearless. Fresh. Focused. anniversary series, which features...

This blog was written by Mahnoor Imran, intern at Spitfire Strategies During my freshman year of college, I took an insightful course about the harms of the carceral state called “The Atonement Project.” One of my instructors for the course was formerly incarcerated, and I...

I usually save my blog space to ruminate on communication conundrums and explore best practices for audience motivation, messaging and narrative. But I’ve been inspired by Darren Walker’s op-ed in the New York Times, in which he offered, “Our founders bequeathed to us something...

This blog was written by Ella Stern, intern at Spitfire Strategies In 6th grade, I huddled around my family’s TV watching 1st graders running out of their elementary school on CNN. That night, I begged my parents to let me stay home from school. They told me that there was...

As Spitfire turns 20, we’re reflecting – and planning for the days and years ahead. Our first Fearless. Fresh. Focused. blog post is from our founder, Kristen Grimm. We’ll be inviting other Spitfire staff, alumni, clients and partners to share how you approach your work, the...

If you are reading this, the expected has happened. Federal protection for abortion rights in the United States is over. For now. In a 213-page decision, Justice Alito wrote an opinion that overturned long held precedents of both Roe and Casey that safeguarded our right to...