Listen Deeply... Tell Stories
StoryCenter supports individuals and organizations in using storytelling and participatory media for reflection, education, and social change
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We collaborate with organizations around the world. Explore our case studies, and learn how we can help bring storytelling to your community.

Guiding educators and researchers on how to bring storytelling into K-12, college, and community settings, through pedagogy and practical applications

Highlighting the important contributions that everyday voices and images make to artistic practice, cultural preservation, and the documentation of local history

Guiding efforts to build solidarity, challenge oppression, and mobilize concerned citizens to take concrete action on important local, state, and national issues

Using story as a way to bring people together, build leadership from within communities, and inspire involvement in democratic processes

Understanding how personal narratives can function as tools for reflection, community education, provider training, and policy advocacy

Surfacing stories from around the world that are often ignored, and centralizing them in community mobilization and advocacy efforts to promote dignity and justice

Recognizing that local knowledge and lived experience must guide work to engage leaders and learners, sustain neighborhoods, and protect the natural world
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View our complete course catalog of online and in-person public workshops from introductory to advanced. Find it, make it, share it.
Three years ago I know I appreciated the role libraries played in our local communities, but after this extended campaign with California Listens, and in particular listening to the some 50 stories coming out of the Wildfire project, I see that along with religious, educational, and psychological support environments, libraries are a critical sanctuary in times like these.
