Capturing the El Otro Lado experience in the schools can be difficult. An emerging experience that grows over the course of the weeks, it is individual and yet, it is universal. Every one comes to the classroom with their own stories, but as the teachers, teaching artists, and young minds deepen their understanding of themselves…
“I will tell you something about stories. They aren’t just entertainment. They are all we have to fight off illness and death. You don’t have any thing if you don’t have stories….” –Leslie Marmon Silko Recently I was told a story. It did not begin with “once upon a time” and it did not…
We live by story. We are hardwired to do so. There are many kinds of stories. Some, such as myths, fairy tales and indigenous creation stories, have deep roots in the earth and psyche. These stories are whole-making: they have the power to hold us, to create the world anew, to recognize and honor every…
