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Socially Connected Story Sharing
As the founder of storytelling platform Share More Stories (SMS), a large part of my existence focuses on encouraging people, communities and organizations to engage in storytelling. This isn’t hard for me to do because even before I founded Share More Stories, I was a firm believer in the power [...]
This story was originally published in the November 2017 issue of Richmond magazine. The holidays are all about love and family, so why do some folks feel neglected during that time? For some of our loved ones, it has nothing to do with the holidays — and everything to do with [...]
The following excerpt from "How much is a life worth in RVA today?" by Sheila E. Battle is posted with permission from the Richmond Times-Dispatch (richmond.com). On June 15, 1995, my sister Sharon Yvonne Jackson was murdered in the 1000 block of East Marshall Street. She was robbed at gunpoint [...]
This story was originally published in the August 2017 issue of Richmond magazine. Halfway through middle school, I asked my mother to homeschool me. She apparently thought it was a good idea, since she homeschooled me through 10th grade. Despite the occasional expression of disapproval and even ridicule, I loved the [...]
Sometimes we love a song because we hear it and we’re immediately struck by the singer’s voice, the melody, the words and the beat. So we listen to it, and we share it with others, and the song winds up being part of some of our more memorable life experiences. [...]
Tools are things we use to create or fix other things like furniture, toys, cars and buildings. In the process, we often use these tools to build or repair our relationships with each other as well. I remember the time my son and I worked on a science fair project [...]
Over the past two and a half years, we’ve learned a lot. Personally, as the founder of Share More Stories, the experience has been extraordinary. Building this platform for you has been one of the greatest endeavors of my life, and I’m extremely grateful to you – our contributors and [...]
Over the past two and a half years, we’ve learned a lot. Personally, as the founder of Share More Stories, the experience has been extraordinary. Building this platform for you has been one of the greatest endeavors of my life, and I’m extremely grateful to you – our contributors and [...]
You don't need to get defensive. You just need to let this sink in, and realize that this happens to us, all the time. I remember when a white family from a predominantly white church I was visiting hosted me for dinner. Because I was my mother's son and close [...]
This election has refocused many people on long-standing differences in America. These are differences of race, ethnicity, class, gender, religion, sexual orientation and age. In short, they are differences of culture and identity. For many, these differences - and the hate, fear and misunderstanding that accompany them - are not [...]