chapter fourStorytelling to Build Trust and Community

Standing in my power, affirming self in stories.… Shifting mind states, I conceive new narratives seeing clearly, singing boldly: I am the change I’ve been waiting for.

TAIJ KUMARIE MOTEELALL

image One of the key first steps in the deep work of collective visioning is storytelling. This is because, for many people, the hopelessness, anger, and hurt they may have experienced in the past gets in the way of visioning; these feelings have to be acknowledged and healing needs to occur. In the last chapter, we saw how personal visioning can help people prepare for collective visioning. Storytelling is ...

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