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N.C. Black Storytellers enchant the audience at the National Black Theatre Festival

Diversity, Education, Healing, Storytelling Festival Articles, Storytelling It's News! / September 7, 2019 / By Producers & Organizers SIG

The Chronicle August 9, 2019 Recently the N.C. Association of Black Storytellers event at the National Black Theatre Festival delighted their audience, from the young children to the older adults. The North Carolina Association of Black Storytellers, Inc., (NCABS) a part of the National Black Storytellers Association, has the goal of keeping alive the […]

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Storyteller Helps People Reconnect With Nature

Education, Environmental, HSA, Storytelling It's News! / August 1, 2019 / By Producers & Organizers SIG

Jamaica Plain Gazette July 12, 2019 Some of storyteller Diane Edgecomb’s most popular events are her Summer solstice events with Margot Chamberlain, a Celtic harpist, at Arnold Arboretum. These events are limited to around 30 people maximum, she said. However, at this past weekend’s event, the 18th, she said they were sold out “well in

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Teens Using the Gift of Gab for Action

Diversity, Education, Healing, Medical, Personal Storytelling, Storytelling It's News! / July 11, 2019 / By Producers & Organizers SIG

Hemophilia New Today June 21, 2019 A group of teens from a local bleeding disorders organization, HACA, (Hemophilia Association of the Capital Area, greater Washington, D.C.) , have stories to share as advocates for themselves or their siblings who have hemophilia. They worked with the StoryCorps app to bring their stories to life. StoryCorps gave them a

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Blackfoot Oral Stories Database brought to life by ii’ taa’poh’to’p grant

Digital Storytelling, Diversity, Education, Story Collections and Sources, Storytelling It's News! / July 11, 2019 / By Producers & Organizers SIG

UToday, University of Calgary June 24, 2019 In the Blackfoot tradition, stories are shared as a way to document history and to teach important life lessons. Siksika Elder and Horn Society member Natóóhkitopi Fred Breaker tells us, “Our culture is centred around an oral tradition, and our people learn orally, through storytelling. The stories were

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The Power of Sharing Stories

Education, Healing, Storytelling It's News! / July 11, 2019 / By Producers & Organizers SIG

Uplift March 21st, 2019 This article sites many ways in which storytelling can improve your mental health: Storytelling and our sense of self Telling happy stories improves your well being Creating stories and then acting them out helps children understand themselves storytelling is at the heart of health care examples of the healing power or

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Program of teens’ stories focus of new book

Diversity, Education, Healing, Personal Storytelling, Pro-Sig, Storytelling It's News! / June 29, 2019 / By Producers & Organizers SIG

Times Union, Albany, NY May 24, 2019 Since 2006, Children at the Well (C@W http://www.childrenatthewell.org ) has brought teens from the Capital Region of New York State together to share their stories. Now the group has published a book so other educators and organizations can incorporate storytelling into their worlds using the C@W method. “Our

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Ditch the grammar and teach children storytelling instead

Education, Storytelling It's News! / June 22, 2019 / By Producers & Organizers SIG

The Guardian May 19, 2017 Storytelling must be taught – it is more than simply an art – it is a crucial skill for life and commerce. People say children are natural storytellers, but this is not at all true, any more than it is of adults. Or rather, they are not naturally good storytellers.

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Arts teaching could become more important than maths in tech-based future

Education, Storytelling It's News! / June 3, 2019 / By Producers & Organizers SIG

The Stage London, UK February 27, 2019 Researcher Andreas Schleicher, who is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading educational thinkers, said that too narrow a curriculum could also make young people less prepared for the demands of the future. He said British schools largely regard skills as inferior to knowledge, and can be

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Children can go on space adventure in science and storytelling

Applied Storytelling, Education, Story Collections and Sources, Storytelling It's News! / June 3, 2019 / By Producers & Organizers SIG

Lancashire Post February 25, 2019 A spokesman for the We Share the Same Moon event said: “Join Storyteller Cassandra Wye and Astronomer Megan Argo on an amazing science and storytelling adventure – to the Moon and back. “It celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Lunar Landing through Science and Story. “The event will start with

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The Sacred Spell of Words: Power is language.

Education, Explanation of Storytelling, Healing, Storytelling It's News! / May 15, 2019 / By Producers & Organizers SIG

The New York Times May 15, 2019 by N. Scott Momaday “In my tenure as a professor of English and American literature, it has been my good fortune to teach courses in Native American oral tradition. There is a formula in that tradition that goes: “In the beginning was the word, and it was spoken.

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