The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA), April 25, 2005 Summary: Meaningful civil disagreement â the kind that fosters understanding, opens minds, locates common ground, undergirds democracy â requires meaningful personal engagement across the divide. “It’s incredibly hard work,” says Bob Perkins, a Seattle carpenter who believes that the country would prosper if more of us took […]
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by Carrie Sue Ayvar Magical words. Each summer at my grandparentsâ house, my Grandma Selma would ask us, âWhere would you like to go today?â Then she would utter those magical words and we would be off â to Europe, Africa, South America and beyond! She taught us that we could travel around the world,
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February Story Lab: Stories Black Women Tell – A Stream of Culture Reverend Tawana Davis, co-founder of Soul 2 Soul Sisters Centuries before the heinous inception of this country through the enslavement of African peoples and Indigenous First Nation people, there were griots amid numerous countries in West Africa. Griots are storytellers, leaders, mystics, historians,
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Naomi Socher tells âa version of Catskin that ends in her marrying a noblemanâs daughter instead of a son. In my [Mary Grace Ketner] version, the nobleman holds grand balls to find the perfect mate for his daughter and all the eligible lords and ladies are invited, since sheâs bi.â Accessed from Fairy Tale Lobby:
 BZ Smith says: I’m looking for Transgender material, and am trying to get started on a piece centered on Prince Hedgehog…born in unlovable skin, so to speak. Just starting on this. I have a transgender family member & want to work on the piece as a tribute to this unparalleled act of courage. There was
DIVING IN THE MOON HONORING STORY, FACILITATING HEALING ©Allison Cox He had crossed the line⊠one too many times, leaving me battered in both body and soul. So I called my friend Reen, who was planning a trip out west and asked, âCan I come with you?â And alleluia, she said, âYes!â Reen had just
Once upon a time, in a land just a few blocks away, I had the unrequited desire to be a drag queen. The lesbians could make no sense of it. âYou canât be a drag queen. Youâre a girl.â I was undeterred. I had had a lifetime of people telling me what I could not
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âWeâre very clear in our teaching. We believe every single person born on this planet is created by God out of love . . . in the image and likeness of the Holy One. And so our struggle to understand and accept gay people is a human problem, not some flaw or error in Godâs
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by Ed Stivender A question that is often asked of me is âHow did you get started in Storytelling?â I suppose it all began the day my sister and I decided to have a show in the basement for the family. It meant that my Mom had to take the clothes down from the line.
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This edition of Tell Us Something was recorded on August 19th, 2014 at the Top Hat Lounge in Missoula, MT. The theme was âBusted!â This weekâs story comes to us from Ingrid Beihl and is titled âThat Really Happens?â Ingrid Biehl is a 16 year old high school student trying to figure out her sexuality.
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