More Than A Story: It’s A Catalyst For Change
What happens when a story becomes more than a story? Explore how lived experience can spark conversations, influence systems, and create meaningful change. This month, we look at the ripple effect of one powerful digital story and the ways storytelling can become a catalyst for change.
How Stories Help Educate About Antimicrobial Resistance
The website Storybug is the result of Dr. McCall’s doctoral project and an example of more effective public-facing communication around a subject that is of growing interest. Dr. McCall is supporting a growing list of storytellers keen to share their personal experience of drug-resistant infection and/or antibiotic use.
A Ripple Effect, Digital Storytelling Connects SIDS Families
The workshop process was highly effective in helping parents who had lost a child to SIDS deepen their healing. The feedback from parents was overwhelmingly positive, with one parent saying, “I’ve done 15 years of grief work and I’ve never experienced something like this.”