Grants That Make a Difference
June 1, 2005
Third Millennium Foundation Supports Storytelling Project
Barnard College Professor Lee Anne Bell has developed a program that will help students explore race issues by analyzing stories told, as well as encouraging them to develop their own narratives. Bell had earlier received $100,000 from the Third Millennium Foundation, based in New York, to develop the Storytelling Project in collaboration with public school teachers, artists, and others. With a second $100,000 grant from the foundation, the program will be implemented in three New York schools during the 2005-2006 school year.
Bell notes, "A story is such powerful vehicle - that is how we transmit culture. We are using all the vehicles of telling stories to address race and racism from arts, visual arts, poetry, music to dance - all conduits that young people are very tuned into, and we are drawing from that excitement…Ultimately, we hope to develop new stories to lead us to a more just society."
The program will be monitored and revised, so that the storytelling curriculum may be implemented in more schools in the future.
"Storytelling Project Aims to Help NYC High School Students Deal with Racial Issues." Barnard Press Release. May 5, 2005.
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