

Storywurx, Stories Heal
Since we humans first walked the earth, we’ve used stories to heal ourselves, heal our families and to heal our societies. From paintings on cave walls to story circles around fires, to grandparents sharing stories of their childhood adventures around the dinner table. Today the details of our very lives have become stories shared with the world via social media. In order to heal ourselves and our societies, we must heal our INNER STORIES to transform our OUTER STORIES. Storywurx, Stories Heal.

Adult: Professional Development
Co-Facilitated by Narineh Gharashor of Wholisticedu
1.The Four Agreements: Putting Don Miguel Ruiz's transformative book to work for your school or organization
2. Adaptive Leadership: Leading In Times Of Crisis
3.Healing Centered Leadership: A Path To Transformation
Youth: OST/After School/ Prep Periods, Grades 2-12
1. FUTURE ME: Students research, plan and map their ideal future, now. (Grades 6-12)
2. KID Talks-Students research, pitch, reiterate, outline, write, make and present TEDx Style Talks. (Grades 6-8) TEEN Talks (Grades 9-12)
3. The Good News Project: Students research, outline, script, film and co-anchor a 100% positive news style show called The Good News Project. (Grades 3-12)
4. StoryCircle Workshop: Students consume, create and share intentionally inspirational stories while learning the Art of The ‘Safe To Share Story Circle’. Genres include: Written, spoken/rap, video/visual, dance/movement and hybrid modalities. (2-12)
5. The Change Agency: Using the kid-safe and educator approved PiggyBaker platform, students become Change Agents by forming a mock Non-Profit with a mission and vision statement. Together, they research, discuss and decide on real charities and real nonprofits to directly crowdsource, campaign and advocate for, giving the student a sense of agency and early knowledge of his/her/their ability to help change the world. (6-12)
6. Moving Meditation: Students learn to calm themselves and to teach family, friends and community to reduce stress by combining various meditation techniques with different forms of intentional movements including walking, tapping, gesturing, smiling, tai chi and dance. (2-12)