Activate Your Brand

Employ storytelling and messaging to inspire and unify

Your brand can be a powerful force for connection—fostering shared purpose and elevating the American spirit with every message. Through marketing and communications, businesses can lead with values and inspire connection.

  • Tell stories of connection across differences among your employees and communities.
  • Integrate bridge-building themes in marketing campaigns, press relations, and internal comms.
  • Partner with bridge-builders—schools, nonprofits, public officials, thought leaders, and influencers—to amplify shared messages of connection across divides.

Brands that lead with courage and connection aren’t just winning hearts—they're shaping a new kind of cultural relevance. Let your brand be part of the story of America coming together.

Resources to Get You Started

Tools, tips, and frameworks to support implementation, no matter your starting point.

Bridge Entertainment Labs

BEL serves as an incubator of ideas and resources for entertainment creatives and executives, and a catalyst for content that promotes new American “stories of us.” They aim to ignite transformational bridge-building, belonging, and civic participation in American culture through popular entertainment. Visit their website for a variety of resources.

Civic Alliance | Civic Storylines Toolkit

Civic Alliance created the Civic Storylines Toolkit to help content creators authentically and impactfully integrate civic themes into their films, TV shows, podcast episodes, and more.

Leadership in Action

Get inspired by companies fostering connection, collaboration, and civic strength.
Jeep: “Owner’s Manual” Super Bowl ads
Stellantis’ Jeep has used its Super Bowl platform to promote national unity, encouraging Americans to meet in the middle—even when they don’t agree on the direction.
Johnsonville: “Keep It Juicy” ad campaign
Johnsonville Sausage's “Keep It Juicy” campaign uses humor and backyard BBQs to bring people together. Grounded in fresh polling, it offers a flavorful reminder that shared moments—and good food—can help lower the temperature and spark connection.
NFL: Super Bowl campaigns
In its “This Is Football Country” and "Huddle Up" campaigns, the NFL reframes football as unifying forces in a divided time.
Southwest Airlines: The Kindness Diaries
Southwest is known for promoting kindness and heart. They took their message of kindness further by joining with Leon Logothetis, known as “The Kindness Guy,” on the Netflix-produced series The Kindness Diaries.

About the Blueprint

Business for America (BFA) is a nonpartisan nonprofit working to strengthen democracy through civic-minded business leadership. This Blueprint outlines key strategies companies can use to bridge divides, support healthy political culture, and lead with integrity. Use it to spark ideas, guide action, or inspire your next move. 

Whether you’re just getting started or ready to go deeper, we’re here to help. Reach out to us explore partnerships, tailored support, or ways to get involved.

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