Case management and advocacy does make a difference in the quality of life breast cancer patients. This story brings a bittersweet message about the heartache and difficulties faced by my mom, and the impact it had in our family, as well as highlighting the abysmal difference in health care/case management coverage across the US.
This event will feature stories created locally in the Seattle area. See stories and meet storymakers from Sea Mar Community Clinics, Native People for Cancer Control, Reel Grrls, and Bridges to Understanding. All stories are produced by media novices who use their stories to promote a range of community issues. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to rachel@culturemine.com.
In this story, the adult education staff of Project Hope relates how they transformed their adult literacy classroom into their vision of a "learning space". The team of five adult educators, led by Char Caver, created this story as part of a train the trainer workshop in order to learn how to bring digital stories into their classrooms.
The best Christmas gift I ever got was a box full of leaves. My grandma liked to save things, all kinds of things. Maybe, as a child of the depression, she was always trying to create the feeling of abundance. Or maybe it was to remember something...