1. Own Your Story: The Power of Storytelling OWN MY POWER 2011 Youth Organizing Summit Sierra Health Foundation's Grizzly Creek Ranch September 16th - 18th • Portola, Ca By Dr. Victor Santiago PinedaPineda Foundation for Youth/World ENABLED

2. A Story About Cody I hate Physical Education Cody was in my PE class Cody was a bully

3. Self Respect Who am I? What do I like? What am I good at? What do people like about me? What goals do I have for the future, and what plan to I have to achieve them?

4. Self Presentation How do I interact with others? How do others interact with me?

5. Why do we like Stories? We like stories because: We are connected with the characters We care about the story We want to see the resolution

6. It’s Your Life Ed Robert’s Story Being a movie star! Only movie stars get this kind of attention.

7. It’s Your Movie You’re the actor You’re the director You’re even the producer SOON YOU’LL LEARN TO WRITE YOUR STORY!

8. Why write astory? First think: Why and How are Stories Produced? Share stories that support positive individual and collective change

9. Core Values and Principles Everyone has many powerful stories to tell. Sharing insights experiences is valuable to those who speak and to those who witness stories People who think they are uninteresting or unmemorable possess beneath this mask a vivid, complex, and rich body of stories waiting to be told. Center for Digital Storytelling, Values and Principles, http://www.storycenter.org/principles.html

10. Listening is hard Most people are either too distracted, too impatient to be really good listeners. Listening allows storytellers to journey into the matter at hand.

11. Perceiving our World People see, hear and perceive the world differently Forms and approaches are also different. Maps, frameworks, possibilities in storytelling abound, find one that’s right for you.

12. Creativity Creative activity is human activity We make music, draw, dance and tell stories Sometimes we are told to hide our talents and feel inadequate Encourage people in artistic expression Inspire individuals and communities to transform

13. Technology Assistive tools for creativity I-Phone, I-Pad, I-Brain But only tools, we must use them thoughtfully to express our stories in the most powerful ways

14. Sharing Stories for Change Sharing Stories can lead to positive change Supporting groups to make media is one step Reflection and modifying behavior, treating others differently, more compassion Speak about social justice, get involved! Sharing stories gives you the power to make a real difference!

15. A Story about Leadership It’s About Ability – An Explanation on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

16. Sacred Storytelling

17. Epic Storytelling http://parablestoday.com/

18. Survival Storytelling http://parablestoday.com/

19. Stories through Dance http://parablestoday.com/

20. Family Stories http://parablestoday.com/

21. Community or Tribal Stories http://parablestoday.com/

22. Stories with a Mission http://parablestoday.com/

23. Writing Time: Free-Writing The moment when ……….happened, I changed. I feel stronger when I am with.... I feel most comfortable with…… Others think I am a …… My community outside of school is ……,My community inside school is … I identify myself as a ….. I live between two or more cultures…. When I look in the mirror I see….

24. Writing Time: Core Message Write a 25-word autobiography in 3 minutes. Keep 10 of those words that define you. Only keep 5 of those words. Arrange those words 3 times to form a short poem.

25. CAPE, the Curriculum on Abuse Prevention and Empowerment Abuse of people with disabilities and elders creates a significant barrier to independent living and full integration into the community. To reduce the incidence of abuse, WID created this comprehensive training curriculum in English and Spanish to educate people with disabilities, services providers, and family members about abuse awareness and prevention strategies. CAPE explores fundamental issues of abuse, best-practices training approaches, and personal stories of resisting and recovering from abuse. CAPE focuses particularly on preventing abuse by anyone in a “helping role,” including informal or paid assistants, family members, and services providers. With CAPE, WID is offering comprehensive empowerment and self-protection tools directly to disabled people living independently. These tools include developing self-respect, asserting boundaries, getting help, disclosing abuse, knowing one’s rights, learning self-advocacy skills, practicing safety planning, and building resilience. These are the “CAPE-abilities” that can interrupt and prevent abusive behavior and help those recover who have experienced abuse. CAPE is unique in its focus on peer support in abuse prevention and its multimedia format, based on proven educational theory and practice. CAPE uses attractive, motivating multimedia educational resources relevant to daily life, such as movies, quizzes, learning games, comic-book images, and stories by and about people with disabilities.

26. It’s Our Story: Understanding Disability History and Disability Pride Scott Cooper & The Victor Pineda Foundation

27. Take a look at what people with disabilities from YOUR generation are doing (link) Lots of pride, lots of strength, lots of talent, lots of power

29. Martin Luther King, Jr. About 13% of Americans are black

30. Martin Luther King, Jr. About 13% of Americans are black

31. Harvey Milk About 10% of Americans are homosexual Martin Luther King, Jr. About 13% of Americans are black

32. Martin Luther King, Jr. About 13% of Americans are black Harvey Milk About 10% of Americans are homosexual

33. Harvey Milk About 10% of Americans are homosexual Martin Luther King, Jr. About 13% of Americans are black Ed Roberts About 20% of Americans live with a disability

34. “It’s Just Us” by Eric Clow (link)

35. The Story of the Disability Rights Movement hasn’t spread enough! Keep our stories alive.

36. So we’ve worked to collect the stories

37. The “It’s Our Story” Online Database

38. EXPLOREWitness the Experience Every piece of media in our archives online, fully transcribed, fully searchable Capitalizing on latest advances in video archiving, library science, server technology

39. ENHANCEUpload Your Insights Users can upload video/written responses to items in our online database Turns history into a dialogue

40. ENABLECreate a Story Online, free, and public video editor program Allows editors access to all of our media Empowers anyone, anywhere, to author their own tellings of the history of the disability community

41. ENGAGEShare Your Perspectives Easily publish your videos and writings on social networking sites Reach a global audience with the click of a button Here’s what our website will make possible

42. An example of what this site will make possible: “It’s Our Story” trailer

43. So how do you fit into the picture?

45. Creative Innovation: develop visual/video content, design and build cutting-edge online tools

47. Victor Santiago Pineda And Scott Cooper www.itsourstory.org ItsOurStory@gmail.com