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Reverend Willard Bass Jr., Executive Director and Founder of the Institute for Dismantling Racism, talks with Dr. Edwin Bell (right), Co-Chair of the Board of Directors for the Institute. Reverend Bass and Dr. Bell discuss the importance of critical thinking and self-reflection as tools to becoming a responsible citizen.
Donna Lambeth (left), Exchange Director for Friendship Force Central North Carolina, talks with Larry Womble, North Carolina State Representative for the 71st District. Mr. Womble is a fervent supporter of Friendship Force. He joins Ms. Lambeth in affirming the organization’s motto; “A world of friends is a world of peace”. Also pictured, Margaret “Tog” Newman.
Raised in Detroit, MI in the early 40’s, psychologist Dr. Robert Borgman was a little boy during WWII and the emotional trauma of frequent air raid drills affected his behavior. At the age of four, he was diagnosed as intellectually disabled, though today, a lifetime of accomplishments certainly proves otherwise.
Jule Spach talks with his wife of sixty-three years, Nancy Spach. The Spachs have been members of First Presbyterian Church since their earliest years together. As a young couple, they left for Brazil as missionaries, which began twenty-five years of work there. Today, they count their blessings and reminisce about the path they’ve traveled together.
Brighton Gardens resident Pam Garrity offers some important perspective. Early in her marriage, she and her husband decided they were going to have the good life. Many years later, Ms. Garrity, who is now blind and widowed, shares a hopeful story demonstrating that having the good life is possible no matter your circumstances.
New York Times bestselling author, Lisa See, talks with Myles Thompson, Publisher at Columbia University Press. Of Chinese descent, Ms. See grew up spending much of her time with her father’s side of the family in Chinatown, Los Angeles. She talks about the value of family storytelling and the crucial role that oral history has played in her family’s life.
On-location at the Mostlandia Ice Cream Social held at Eightfold Farm, Ted Efremoff, Assistant Professor of Art at Greensboro College, talks with StoryLine Associate, Marisa Estelrich. Ted shares a fantastic story about ice cream and Vikings in Willimantic, Connecticut.
Bicultural cooking instructor and food writer, Sandra Gutiérrez (right), talks with StoryLine Associate, Marisa Estelrich. Born in Philadelphia and raised in Guatemala, Sandra has been a resident of North Carolina for thirty years and considers herself a Southern-Latina. She describes how food can help to bridge cultural differences and show us our commonality.
StoryLine Associate, Susan Tague, talks with her son, Mitchell Tague. Susan and Mitchell share an adult and child’s perspective of the events and aftermath of September 11th, 2001. At the time, Mitchell was a first grader and Susan, the President of the PTA at Old Town Elementary School.
Fellow authors, Sheryl Monks and Penelope Niven (R), reflect on the power of stories and on the ways in which the act of writing can contribute to reaching a better understanding of who we really are.
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