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Stepping Stones – The Family Stories We Tell About Ourselves – Storytelling Part 3

Published on June 17, 2019.

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This is the third part of a three-part series on storytelling and community organizing. I often tell people that while I grew up in poverty, I also grew up with wealth – a richness of many generations of my family history.  Unlike so many people who have had their family histories destroyed or lost through […]

Stepping Stones – After the KKK Attack – Storytelling Part 2

Published on June 11, 2019.

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This is the second part of a three-part series on storytelling and community organizing. One of the things we work on in the storytelling workshop is how to make the first line capture the attention of the audience and the last line show the learning or moral of the story. I learned this lesson when I […]

Stepping Stones – Storytelling – Part 1

Published on June 4, 2019.

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This is the first part of a three-part series on storytelling and community organizing. Indigenous communities have used stories for teaching and passing down information for thousands of years. Today, science is catching up and starting to understand the importance of storytelling.  Storytelling isn’t just a better way to connect with your audience:  It also […]