What is
The Callegory?
[thəˈkaləˈɡôrē]
AKA The California Allegory
: /Noun/An interdisciplinary collaboration– uniting arts, education, and organizing to strengthen collective power for social and environmental justice.
: /Verb/To develop fable-style depictions of global justice, through the lens of local stories.
What we’re makingThe Callegory is made up of 3 images with accompanying advocacy campaigns,
from local to global.
Together, we are creating a mega-story trilogy of illustrations about interlinked crises in California, and this land’s role in global justice.
1. The Origin
Hyperlocal
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
2. The Exposition
Bioregional
Central Valley to Bay Area
3. The Climax
Statewide to Global
Across California and beyond
WHAT WE VALUEStories bind people together and help us empathize with different perspectives.
This work seeks to inspire and strengthen people-powered coalitions across varying social, environmental, and economic justice issues that are deeply linked.
We do this in the lineage of our predecessor and collaborator, the globally celebrated Beehive Design Collective.
Our latest graphics project is an interdisciplinary effort– uniting illustrators, researchers, ecologists, grassroots organizers and community groups to build epic graphics campaigns that prefigure the worlds we want to see on paper, and then embody them in continued advocacy.