To commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day, storytellers Rachel Smilie, Julie Dawid and friends told stories and sang songs at the Scottish Storytelling Centre. HMD commemorates the day that Soviet soldiers liberated Auschwitz-Bikenau in 1945. The anniversary is used in the UK to mark the genocides in Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda and Darfur as well as the Nazi-perpetratedContinue reading “A Candle to Remember: Stories and Songs to Mark Holocaust Memorial Day”
Tag Archives: Peace
Re-storying the Middle East: Starhawk’s Plea in Dark Times
Starhawk blends spirituality, story and activism in a completely grounded way. I was fortunate enough to attend a workshop with her in Montreal during the lead up to the Quebec City Protests of 2001. I was impressed by her presence, her compassion, her insight and her commitment. I highly recommend taking one of her trainingsContinue reading “Re-storying the Middle East: Starhawk’s Plea in Dark Times”
On-line activist storytelling: www.Neveragain.no
I recently found out about this on-line project at a workshop given by Donald Smith (Director of the Scottish Storytelling Centre). Donald had recently returned from a conference on creative clusters in Glasgow, where he had presented in the same session as Bjorn Enes, the editor of Neveragain.no. Unfortunately for us anglophones, the site isContinue reading “On-line activist storytelling: www.Neveragain.no”
Restorying the Earth 