“Youth need to be at that table, sitting with executive leaders, emphasizing that we have a very different perspective and they can't be making decisions for us.”

“I've watched it happen for people in real time. Even on Zoom, you can see it. It's that moment where all of a sudden the light goes on—and they see the core of their advocacy come to life.”

“There are two exercises that I really wanted to build on: The Six-Word Reason exercise and The Story Map. The Six Word Reason exerciseis going to be something that I will 100% use in my courses.”

Sharing your personal stories to advocate for change is very different from telling tales around a campfire to scare your friends or to get a laugh.

One way to obstruct a community's future is to deny or erase its past.

Social Tinkering recently engaged Living Proof Advocacy to explore how community members’ stories from lived experience could help advocate for stronger social connections, and we asked their director, Jeanette Langston, about the experience and the organization’s work. 

No stories of interest? Think again.

No stories of interest? Think again.