Storyteller, and co-director of the World Fellowship Center (@WorldFellowship), a peace and justice-oriented camp and retreat center in Albany, New Hampshire.
Today, the anniversary of the #BrownvBoard decision, I'm remembering my family's recent visit to @MotonMuseum in Farmville, VA, where #BarbaraJohns led a student walkout in 1951, the only student-led case folded in to #Brown. Thanks to the staff for helping keep this story alive!
"Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will; indeed, it has led many people into dangers which mere physical courage would shudder away from, for hunger and love and curiosity are the great impelling forces of life."
-James Stephens, in "The Crock of Gold"
#Wisdom
"You are prepared to tell your #story, then forget yourself. You are the instrument; the story is the thing."--Gudrun Thorne-Thomsen (1873-1956)
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Four years ago, #MaryStewart, the enchanting English novelist who said "I am first and foremost a teller of tales" went to the land of the spirits at the age of 97. She also said “The gods do not visit you to remind you what you know already.”
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We are calling on the US to prepare for and observe the 400th anniversary of the first arrival of Africans in Jamestown in 1619, which marked the beginning of the codification of inequality in law and custom. #400YearsofInequality https://t.co/AvvFRRdSc1
Today, we'll know if the Senate plans to make good on our Live Free or Die motto by passing #TransBillNH, ensuring #transgender Granite Staters can live free. Please make one last call to your senator, urging them to vote YES that #HB1319 Ought to Pass. https://t.co/kzdHcEoJz8
Either every American is a prince, or there's something wrong with a system where the average American birth costs more than delivering a royal baby in a luxurious private maternity ward in London. https://t.co/nKlAP3fFMD
"The art of the #storyteller is the art of the wayfinder. The teller gives us the cognitive strength & the story constellations that we need to find our way." —David Novak
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Chatting with Deaglan McEachern at "Art Moves Mountains" at Thorne Hill Inn in Jackson yesterday afternoon. Really well done event! Let's keep the first Congressional seat. We have a nice array of solid candidates (including this one). https://t.co/mFr1oKMVWe
What an incredible turnout for the Art Moves Mountains event today in Jackson. So much and energy and excitement for the upcoming elections! #NHPolitics
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We'll write a personalized #Limerick for anybody who newly follows NE Storytelling by 6pm, Sunday, 4/15! PM with details you'd like us to try to include. Thanks to our followers, & the whole #storytelling community, in #NewEngland, NY, & beyond!