Annual retreat for women storytellers with Susan Danoff and Teresa Whitaker
July 19th – 22nd at Angels’ Rest Retreat Center, Leyden, MA

In our fifteenth storytelling retreat we wish to create a magical space for several days where we can be with other women who also care about the powerful and elusive issues that are part of our work as storytellers. We will experiment with song, movement, writing, meditation, ritual, nature, and improvisation, to deepen our story work. Our evenings will be devoted to informal sharing of stories and song. Participants must have previous experience with storytelling but need not be professional storytellers.

For more information contact susandanoff@yahoo.com or call 609-921-0916.

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SAFE SCHOOLS ANTI-BULLYING INITIATIVE

Changing School Culture Through Character Education & Diversity Appreciation

A Multi-Sensory, Interactive Learning Experience for Students and Educators
Recognizing that the most effective anti-bullying programs are those that change school culture through whole-school
multidisciplinary interventions, two New Jersey nonprofits are partnering to offer a unique program that helps schools to meet requirements of the new anti-bullying law and creates meaningful, sustainable change in attitudes and culture.

SAFE SCHOOLS ANTI-BULLYING INITIATIVE is designed to enable districts to meet the latest requirements of New Jersey’s antibullying laws in a unique and meaningful way.

• N.J.S.A 18A:37-17 encourages schools and school districts to establish bullying, harassment prevention programs
• N.J.S.A 18A:40A-17(c) and State Board of Education Administration Code N.J.A.C 6A:16-7.9(d)1i require information about the bullying policies to be incorporated into school employee training programs
• N.J.S.A 18A:37-17(b) and State Board of Education Administrative Code N.J.A.C 6A:16-7.9(d)2 require districts to develop procedures for discussing bullying and harassment policies with students

The Kidsbridge Tolerance Museum at TCNJ and Storytelling Arts, Inc. are offering a multi-sensory, interactive learning
experience for both students and staff.

SAFE SCHOOLS is a K-12 character education program that will:
§ Increase awareness of the nature, causes, and effects of bullying

• Create empathy — the springboard to positive action
• Empower students to successfully interact with peers
• Increase self esteem
• Encourage students and teachers to take active leadership roles
• Enable action that will stop bullying
• Foster a caring community that engenders “Respect for all”

Kidsbridge is a unique tolerance museum that educates youth grades 3-12 to make positive changes in themselves and their world. Interactive exhibits and small group discussions teach educators and youth strategies to stop bullying, empower victims, and change bystanders into “UPstanders.” Storytelling Arts, Inc. is a nonprofit organization offering programs proven effective at increasing all measures of literacy plus social skills. Multi-cultural folk tales, contemporary literature, and real life stories of conflict and resolution provide a forum for understanding of sensitive issues.

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For more information, please contact Carrie Wainwright at Storytelling Arts, Inc. at info@storytellingarts.net or by phone at (609) 430-1922.