Andrea tells the story of engaging with protestors outside of a photography exhibit of LGBT families and contemplates how they can have such different understandings of God.
We hope that you will join in our celebration of International Women's Day (March 8th) by participating in our campaign of featuring and watching stories from women around the world. The stories will be featured March 5th - 13th and span continents and various life experiences to explore the struggles and joys of being a woman in our world. You can visit the stories here or even contribute your own by uploading and including a "women's day" tag.
International Women's Day is an annual global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women. In honor of the day, Stories for Change will be soliciting and featuring stories by women from around the world on experiences and issues related to gender, social justice and equality. Help us spread the word!
Xiufang, as an adult basic and ESL teacher, was very concerned about the grammatical correctness and formality of her story, but through the story circle realized that her own voice and explanation around why she has been a teacher for ten years made her story more personal. As an immigrant herself, her excitement around teaching is very evident in this story as she explains how necessary it is for new immigrants to not only learn the language, but also the cultural behaviors.