Topics: Violence

In this story I explore my connection with the natural world in the face of the violence toward Earth humans (myself included) enact each day.

When Ben lost his sister in a drive-by, he realized the dangerous life he was leading and made a dramatic change.

A digital story of life and death encounter. 

Ana's story is about her unconditional love for her father.

Six youth from the Kino Neighborhoods of Las Vistas, Western Hills, Pueblo Gardens and South Park were chosen to participate in a basic digital storytelling workshop. This is one of the stories. They share their voice to inspire a greater sense of community, understanding and awareness through a glimpse of their struggles and passions.

Six youth from the Kino Neighborhoods of Las Vistas, Western Hills, Pueblo Gardens and South Park were chosen to participate in a basic digital storytelling workshop. This is one of the stories. They share their voice to inspire a greater sense of community, understanding and awareness through a glimpse of their struggles and passions.

This is a short digital story (8 mins)  about a social action project called Arte Consciente in a favela called

Julia reveals how she used her own personal experience with domestic violence to encourage other women in her neighborhood to seek help. This story is used as an organizing tool around family violence in the North End of Springfield, Massachusetts.

Dinah, a 14-year-old girl from Uganda, tells her story of being abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) at age 9 and forced to become a child soldier.  They abuse or threaten to kill her if she tries to escape or refuses to follow their orders, which sometimes included killing and torturing people.  After a year living in the bush, she becomes convinced that her family is dead but eventually escapes to another camp that reunites her with the family.  After years of being haunted by memories and nightmares of her experiences, she has finally been able to stop thinking about these expe

Betty wants to share her story to reach out to other young people who are suffering. She recounts the story of being abducted at 12-years-old by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel army group, and forced to become a child soldier. When she escapes and returns to her village two months later, she finds it is deserted and can’t find her grandmother. Once reunited in a nearby village, she encounters the stigma, but also support from her family. With this support and counseling, she is currently in school and dreams of being a nurse.