Lina Srivastava
@linasrivastava.bsky.social
Founder, Center for Transformational Change.
Strategist, producer, writer, traveler.
Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/LinaSrivastava/
https://linasrivastava.com
https://transformationalchange.co
She/her.
Strategist, producer, writer, traveler.
Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/LinaSrivastava/
https://linasrivastava.com
https://transformationalchange.co
She/her.
#FallofFreedom is this weekend! To participate we're announcing a zine: What gives artists political hope? We're gathering voices from US-based creators on futures they imagine, art that fuels them, and keeping possibility alive. Releasing Dec '25. Sign up to our newsletter (link in bio) for info.
November 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
#FallofFreedom is this weekend! To participate we're announcing a zine: What gives artists political hope? We're gathering voices from US-based creators on futures they imagine, art that fuels them, and keeping possibility alive. Releasing Dec '25. Sign up to our newsletter (link in bio) for info.
In a world littered with AI slop, both-sides-ism, and dehumanization, Coviello's LitHub piece is a little sip of tonic. Recommended read.
November 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
In a world littered with AI slop, both-sides-ism, and dehumanization, Coviello's LitHub piece is a little sip of tonic. Recommended read.
WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!
Mayor-Elect Mamdani has such a gorgeous ring to it!!!!
We did it. The entire movement behind @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 's campaign did it!
I love you, NYC.
Mayor-Elect Mamdani has such a gorgeous ring to it!!!!
We did it. The entire movement behind @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 's campaign did it!
I love you, NYC.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!
Mayor-Elect Mamdani has such a gorgeous ring to it!!!!
We did it. The entire movement behind @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 's campaign did it!
I love you, NYC.
Mayor-Elect Mamdani has such a gorgeous ring to it!!!!
We did it. The entire movement behind @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 's campaign did it!
I love you, NYC.
Well, animal welfare is political, but my fur niece didn’t vote-- I did. But she's cuter than I am, so she gets the honor.
November 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Well, animal welfare is political, but my fur niece didn’t vote-- I did. But she's cuter than I am, so she gets the honor.
In contrast, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 's campaign is closing with community and pluralist joy. I canvassed today and so many people we met on the street looked at our Mamdani materials and broke out into smiles. It's the polar opposite of what Dean Obeidallah writes about in this great essay.
November 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
In contrast, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 's campaign is closing with community and pluralist joy. I canvassed today and so many people we met on the street looked at our Mamdani materials and broke out into smiles. It's the polar opposite of what Dean Obeidallah writes about in this great essay.
NYC! Voted early this week, and it felt amazing to cast a ballot for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
Vote early to confront this national cast of darkness and violence and turn our city towards joy and community.
(Also--a special thank you to the kind and spirited poll workers for their work.)
Vote early to confront this national cast of darkness and violence and turn our city towards joy and community.
(Also--a special thank you to the kind and spirited poll workers for their work.)
October 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
NYC! Voted early this week, and it felt amazing to cast a ballot for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
Vote early to confront this national cast of darkness and violence and turn our city towards joy and community.
(Also--a special thank you to the kind and spirited poll workers for their work.)
Vote early to confront this national cast of darkness and violence and turn our city towards joy and community.
(Also--a special thank you to the kind and spirited poll workers for their work.)
Happy Diwali to all.
May the holiday bring us all light, joy, and love.
May the holiday bring us all light, joy, and love.
October 21, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Happy Diwali to all.
May the holiday bring us all light, joy, and love.
May the holiday bring us all light, joy, and love.
This scene has stayed in my mind for seven years because it's the apt question for situations like these.
October 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This scene has stayed in my mind for seven years because it's the apt question for situations like these.
Today is the 4th anniversary of the @cftchange.bsky.social . To celebrate, we are launching our framework, "Narrative Infrastructure for Narrative Power."
September 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Today is the 4th anniversary of the @cftchange.bsky.social . To celebrate, we are launching our framework, "Narrative Infrastructure for Narrative Power."
This is the uptown side, btw.
Annoying.
Annoying.
September 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This is the uptown side, btw.
Annoying.
Annoying.
Walking around my beloved NYC from one UNGA side event to the next and each time I look up, it irritates me that somehow developers have been allowed to put up buildings obstructing the iconic views of the ESB from both uptown and downtown.
Who let this happen, NYC architecture Bluesky?
Who let this happen, NYC architecture Bluesky?
September 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Walking around my beloved NYC from one UNGA side event to the next and each time I look up, it irritates me that somehow developers have been allowed to put up buildings obstructing the iconic views of the ESB from both uptown and downtown.
Who let this happen, NYC architecture Bluesky?
Who let this happen, NYC architecture Bluesky?
Rest in peace, Robert Redford.
I'm feeling his loss very keenly today. He created space in the world for film to be a force for social and political change and influenced an entire generation of us to use it for influence and humanity.
He was beautiful in so many ways we won't see again soon.
I'm feeling his loss very keenly today. He created space in the world for film to be a force for social and political change and influenced an entire generation of us to use it for influence and humanity.
He was beautiful in so many ways we won't see again soon.
September 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Rest in peace, Robert Redford.
I'm feeling his loss very keenly today. He created space in the world for film to be a force for social and political change and influenced an entire generation of us to use it for influence and humanity.
He was beautiful in so many ways we won't see again soon.
I'm feeling his loss very keenly today. He created space in the world for film to be a force for social and political change and influenced an entire generation of us to use it for influence and humanity.
He was beautiful in so many ways we won't see again soon.
It's hard to choose between Alcaraz and Sinner -- they're both so good and good for the sport -- so happy whenever either wins.
Beautiful game from Alcaraz this time. Well deserved. #USOpen
Beautiful game from Alcaraz this time. Well deserved. #USOpen
September 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It's hard to choose between Alcaraz and Sinner -- they're both so good and good for the sport -- so happy whenever either wins.
Beautiful game from Alcaraz this time. Well deserved. #USOpen
Beautiful game from Alcaraz this time. Well deserved. #USOpen
Hello Singapore.
Arrived here for a convening on politics in the/of the future after a month as a Visiting Research Fellow at MOD in Adelaide.
I'll write more about both experiences -- the learnings and the exchanges-- in the coming weeks.
Photo at Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple on Serangoon Road.
Arrived here for a convening on politics in the/of the future after a month as a Visiting Research Fellow at MOD in Adelaide.
I'll write more about both experiences -- the learnings and the exchanges-- in the coming weeks.
Photo at Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple on Serangoon Road.
September 2, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Hello Singapore.
Arrived here for a convening on politics in the/of the future after a month as a Visiting Research Fellow at MOD in Adelaide.
I'll write more about both experiences -- the learnings and the exchanges-- in the coming weeks.
Photo at Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple on Serangoon Road.
Arrived here for a convening on politics in the/of the future after a month as a Visiting Research Fellow at MOD in Adelaide.
I'll write more about both experiences -- the learnings and the exchanges-- in the coming weeks.
Photo at Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple on Serangoon Road.
Hello, Adelaide.
I'm in Adelaide, Australia, as a Visiting Futures Fellow at MOD (Museum of Discovery). I'm here for four weeks for the privilege of knowledge exchange on collective leadership and community narratives for social transformation.
I'm in Adelaide, Australia, as a Visiting Futures Fellow at MOD (Museum of Discovery). I'm here for four weeks for the privilege of knowledge exchange on collective leadership and community narratives for social transformation.
August 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Hello, Adelaide.
I'm in Adelaide, Australia, as a Visiting Futures Fellow at MOD (Museum of Discovery). I'm here for four weeks for the privilege of knowledge exchange on collective leadership and community narratives for social transformation.
I'm in Adelaide, Australia, as a Visiting Futures Fellow at MOD (Museum of Discovery). I'm here for four weeks for the privilege of knowledge exchange on collective leadership and community narratives for social transformation.
Here is my latest issue of Notes on a Present Future, for those of you who haven't received or read it. The newsletter is periodic and long-form. I've kept it free so far because I think of it as a service to talk about our collective ability to transform our systems.
buttondown.com/LinaSrivasta...
buttondown.com/LinaSrivasta...
July 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Here is my latest issue of Notes on a Present Future, for those of you who haven't received or read it. The newsletter is periodic and long-form. I've kept it free so far because I think of it as a service to talk about our collective ability to transform our systems.
buttondown.com/LinaSrivasta...
buttondown.com/LinaSrivasta...
Calibri is Avenir's country cousin
July 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Calibri is Avenir's country cousin
Good for Amy Sherald indeed, for standing against censorship and hostility and for inclusion and trans visibility.
Also, it's a fabulous painting.
Also, it's a fabulous painting.
July 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Good for Amy Sherald indeed, for standing against censorship and hostility and for inclusion and trans visibility.
Also, it's a fabulous painting.
Also, it's a fabulous painting.
I posted my newsletter "Notes on a Present Future" today after a 6-month hiatus. Amidst our collapses, I kept pushing it back. But the newsletter aims to uplift your work of transformation, so I decided I needed to write it.
(And this is me patting myself on the back about it, sans pink hair bow.)
(And this is me patting myself on the back about it, sans pink hair bow.)
July 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I posted my newsletter "Notes on a Present Future" today after a 6-month hiatus. Amidst our collapses, I kept pushing it back. But the newsletter aims to uplift your work of transformation, so I decided I needed to write it.
(And this is me patting myself on the back about it, sans pink hair bow.)
(And this is me patting myself on the back about it, sans pink hair bow.)
Five years ago, we launched In Plain Sight: 80 artists and advocates coming together to skytype messages over sites of immigrant detention paired with action for immigrant rights. The project and the work continue, so marking this Independence Day as a day of love and liberation for all.
July 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Five years ago, we launched In Plain Sight: 80 artists and advocates coming together to skytype messages over sites of immigrant detention paired with action for immigrant rights. The project and the work continue, so marking this Independence Day as a day of love and liberation for all.
We did good today, NYC!
❤️ to us.
Now... let's have each other's backs, elect Mamdani as the next mayor of our city, and build on this political sea change. Haven't felt this hopeful in a long time.
❤️ to us.
Now... let's have each other's backs, elect Mamdani as the next mayor of our city, and build on this political sea change. Haven't felt this hopeful in a long time.
June 25, 2025 at 3:42 AM
We did good today, NYC!
❤️ to us.
Now... let's have each other's backs, elect Mamdani as the next mayor of our city, and build on this political sea change. Haven't felt this hopeful in a long time.
❤️ to us.
Now... let's have each other's backs, elect Mamdani as the next mayor of our city, and build on this political sea change. Haven't felt this hopeful in a long time.
What actor's expressions in a movie will stay with you the rest of your life?
June 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
What actor's expressions in a movie will stay with you the rest of your life?
I voted early in NYC!
Ranked for Mayor:
Mamdani
Lander
A.Adams
Myrie
Blake
This has been such a dynamic campaign with so much catalytic potential. Please vote, NYC.
Ranked for Mayor:
Mamdani
Lander
A.Adams
Myrie
Blake
This has been such a dynamic campaign with so much catalytic potential. Please vote, NYC.
June 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I voted early in NYC!
Ranked for Mayor:
Mamdani
Lander
A.Adams
Myrie
Blake
This has been such a dynamic campaign with so much catalytic potential. Please vote, NYC.
Ranked for Mayor:
Mamdani
Lander
A.Adams
Myrie
Blake
This has been such a dynamic campaign with so much catalytic potential. Please vote, NYC.