The Institute for Diversity and Civic Life was founded in 2015 to research, document, and foster public conversations about the rich diversity of Texas. IDCL has a mission to advance more inclusive public spaces through storytelling, research, and education. Our programs harness the power of stories to transform. We create platforms to amplify underrepresented voices, empower Texans to tell their stories on their own terms, and diversify the historical record. Our programs bridge academic and public conversations and cultivate conversations about belonging and recognition. IDCL’s narrative and storytelling initiatives include Religions Texas, a digital archive and oral history project to document the religious diversity of Texas, and the Migration Narratives Project, an initiative supporting community-based narrative projects that document and explore experiences of migration in Texas and contribute to the public understanding of immigration and refugee experiences. IDCL also develops resources and curriculum guides for navigating religious diversity and addressing discrimination in public spaces and schools as well as an online certificate training program in oral history for social change. Our programs expand civic imaginations and build bridges across differences.