stories by diverse groups have been concealed, lost, or retold through the lens of the dominant culture and that counter-storytelling works to magnify the stories, experiences, narratives, and truths of subjugated peoples.

By sharing stories—and allowing students to share theirs—teachers create a community of learners that might just overcome some of the boundaries that keep people apart or alone in the world of school”

The storyteller looks into the eyes of the audience and together they co-create the experience of the tale. The storyteller begins to see and recreate, through voice and gesture, a series of mental images

Humans have such a long history of using storytelling to connect to one another that it seems like an instinctual motivation and desire. “Insofar as we account for our own actions and for the human events that occur around us principally in terms of narrative, story, drama, it is conceivable that our sensitivity to narrative provides the major link between our own sense of self and our sense of others in the social world around us” (Bruner, 1986, p. 69). Storytelling is part and parcel of human socialization—a tool for making us known, both to ourselves and to others. In fact, anything we experience that does not get structured narratively does not get remembered