Advocate Stories: Listen, Respond, Amplify
The most powerful messages of advocacy come from personal stories. This presentation includes several examples of advocates from around the world teaching, sharing, and entertaining.
Marcus and Moving Mountains
This last Tuesday Marcus and I travelled to Bennington, NE. We shared the animated short and book Black Day: The Monster Rock Band with the students. The kids were all in their pajamas as it was “pajama day.” And also Dr. Seuss week. So the PTO invited a local author in to tell his story.
Also, with the “big kids” Marcus and I talked about what makes a good story, the importance of set,
Marcus’ Big Announcement #1
You know what didn’t cross my mind in those hours after my son was born and nurses spoke in hushed tones while a social service worker hovered outside my hospital room…when certain family members chose to scoff at certain other family member’s expression of love over doom?
The United Nations.
On June 20th, 1990, I did not once think of the UN. And yet, yesterday I received an email from Down Syndrome International inviting Marcus and I to speak at