Social Action Stories: Impact Tales for the School and Community

Kevin D. Cordi, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor Ohio University Lancaster. A pioneer is the use of oral storytelling in education, Cordi also consults with organizations and schools nationally as an educational consultant. He also serves on the National Teaching Tolerance Advisory Board.
 

We need to listen. We need to tell. After reading the powerful accounts that flooded in after we made the call for submissions for this book—those that made the book and those that did not—I know there are multitudes of rich stories that promote deliberate and significant action. Together, we can make a difference with stories.

INTRODUCTION: The Impact We Can Make with Story
FOREWORD by Val Brown TIME: ACTING FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE CHANGE
Michael Williams: Dandelion
Lyn Ford: A Red Hat
Sherrill Knezel: Listening to J.
Kevin Cordi: Reflections on Markers of Justice and Injustice
COLLABORATION: WORKING IN COMMUNITY FOR CHANGE
Loren Neimi: “We Want to Work. Help Us Get There.”
Brittany Brazzel: Stop Waiting 69 Beverly Stuckwisch: Having Difficult Conversations
Dan Yashinsky: Storm-Stayed: Storytelling in a Geriatric Psychiatry Ward
Ursula Wolfe-Rocca: One of the Best Schools in the State
VOICE: SPEAKING “TRUTH” FOR OURSELVES AND OTHERS
Sabrina Joy Stephens: Red Hats in the Black Museum
WendyWelch: Deep Dive
Anne Schwartz: In the Closet
Sherry Norfolk and Lyn Ford: Cric? Crac!
Alejandra Ivanovich and Jennifer Rudick Zunikoff: Alejandra’s Power
IDENTITY: HOWWE SHOW UP & ARE CHANGED BY THE WORK
Kit Golan: Bathrooms for All
Adelina Aragon with Rebecca Van Tassell: Finding Identity in Community
Kirstin Milks: I Am From Not Knowing When Her Car Will Come Through The Snow
Christy Marie Kent: An Exceptional Mom
EPILOGUE
CREDITS
ABOUT THE EDITORS