Cornel West tells us that hope is an action we can all take and, as such, we must act out the hope we want to see in our tomorrow. More so, bell hooks helps scholars and educators conceptualize how spirit, struggle, service, love, the ideals of shared knowledge and shared learning, give hope for social change in everyday learning experiences within and beyond the classroom. We take their words to begin thinking beyond the current tensions in the literacy field to now focus our attention on narratives of hope. Specifically, NCTEAR 2025 is a space where we celebrate narratives of hope that exist within our literacy communities, amongst youth, within and across our classrooms, and in spaces beyond our everyday experiences. NCTEAR 2025 is an opportunity for our community to engage with policymakers and community advocates, to reimagine the reach and impacts of our research, and to discover how our research can inform changes to literacy policies, practices, teaching and learning, and curriculum.