Learning Objectives

1) Foundation in the power of storysharing.

2) Understand how stories can bridge divides, including political, racial, religious, and more.

Learning Content

Participants learn the principles of story-based strategies for social connection and civic engagement; Explore the neuroscience of storytelling and its role in overcoming bias; Analyze stories that have successfully (and unsuccessfully) navigated division in communities; Practice crafting your own "bridge-building narrative" rooted in your own authentic experience; and Gain tools for creating story-sharing spaces that encourage listening, dignity, and mutual respect.

Learning Experience, Activities

Four-part workshop of 75 minutes each + optional additional discussion each week + 1:1 coaching session.

Assessment

This completion-based course was not summatively assessed.

Learning Effort

~6 hours of instruction + individual learning time.