{"id":5964,"date":"2020-05-06T10:37:34","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T18:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storyworksak.wpengine.com\/?page_id=5964"},"modified":"2022-02-16T15:40:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T00:40:48","slug":"circles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/circles\/","title":{"rendered":"Story Circles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-a-story-circle\">What is a Story Circle?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Story Circles are opportunities for small groups of people to gather together to listen and share thoughts and stories related to a common theme. No preparation is necessary and each participant has the option to share or simply listen to others. Story Circles aren\u2019t about performing. Rather, the purpose is to listen and connect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"watch-this-video-to-learn-a-bit-more-about-story-circles-and-to-experience-a-bit-of-one-yourself\">Watch this video to learn a bit more about Story Circles and to experience a bit of one yourself!<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is a Story Circle?\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/537008283?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963&amp;h=38d455cb5c\" width=\"962\" height=\"541\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/educator-community-member-story-circles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Educator &amp; Community Member Story Circles<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Educator and Community Member Story Circles are Story Circles hosted specifically for Educators and\/or Community Members by youth. The participants may not know each other or they may be a group that collaborates (through work or community) in other ways. <a href=\"https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/educator-community-member-story-circles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more about or register for<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/educator-community-member-story-circles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Educator &amp; Community Member Story Circles here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5817\" style=\"width: 599px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EducatorStoryCircleApril21_2020.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5817\" class=\" wp-image-5817\" src=\"https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EducatorStoryCircleApril21_2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"589\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EducatorStoryCircleApril21_2020.png 1119w, https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EducatorStoryCircleApril21_2020-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EducatorStoryCircleApril21_2020-1024x522.png 1024w, https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/EducatorStoryCircleApril21_2020-768x391.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants in an Educator Story Circle sharing one-word takeaways.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/youth-story-circles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Youth Story Circles<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Youth Story Circles are Story Circles hosted specifically for youth by youth facilitators. The participants may not know each other or they may be a group that collaborates (through work, school, or community groups) in other ways.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/youth-story-circles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more about or register for Youth Story Circles here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5816\" style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/YouthStoryCircleApril23_2020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5816\" class=\" wp-image-5816\" src=\"https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/YouthStoryCircleApril23_2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/YouthStoryCircleApril23_2020.jpg 1436w, https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/YouthStoryCircleApril23_2020-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/YouthStoryCircleApril23_2020-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/YouthStoryCircleApril23_2020-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants in a Youth Story Circle share one-word takeaways.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5818 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/StoryCircleDrawingbyMel-737x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Image Illustrating Online Story Circle.\" width=\"616\" height=\"855\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Above: Youth Story Circle illustration by participant, alum, and Teaching Fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mel_verse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@mel_verse<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<p>The Story Circles program began in Spring 2020 in an effort to support healthy connection in a time of social distancing. Story Circles can be hosted on Zoom or in-person, depending on staff comfortability and your classroom or organization&#8217;s need.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>Story Circles are a partnership between the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akhf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alaska Humanities Forum<\/a> and Story Works. Youth Facilitator involvement and training is supported in part by the<a href=\"https:\/\/alaskacf.org\/blog\/grants\/socialjustice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Alaska Community Foundation Social Justice Fund<\/a> and an amazing team of Story Works alumni. We are also thankful to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/peoplesstateoftheunion?source=feed_text&amp;epa=HASHTAG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/peoplesstateoftheunion?source%3Dfeed_text%26epa%3DHASHTAG&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1588309243064000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG_8QvFQae5eZFaM92eMrGF2OdzfQ\">#PeoplesStateofTheUnion<\/a>&nbsp;<wbr>project of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/usdac.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/usdac.us\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1588309243064000&amp;usg=AFQjCNElrq-_9uaY5ILN4z6oSp5hb7A0Sw\">US Dept. of Arts and Culture<\/a> for offering guidelines about the fine art of bringing storytelling into the land of Zoom.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/e3ae10_b8df71428a304dda8877376a86257277_mv2_d_2208_1756_s_2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5852\" src=\"https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/e3ae10_b8df71428a304dda8877376a86257277_mv2_d_2208_1756_s_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/e3ae10_b8df71428a304dda8877376a86257277_mv2_d_2208_1756_s_2.jpg 1672w, https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/e3ae10_b8df71428a304dda8877376a86257277_mv2_d_2208_1756_s_2-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/e3ae10_b8df71428a304dda8877376a86257277_mv2_d_2208_1756_s_2-1024x815.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/e3ae10_b8df71428a304dda8877376a86257277_mv2_d_2208_1756_s_2-768x611.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/e3ae10_b8df71428a304dda8877376a86257277_mv2_d_2208_1756_s_2-1536x1222.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alaskacf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3951\" src=\"https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ACF.RGB_.Large_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ACF.RGB_.Large_.jpg 1072w, https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ACF.RGB_.Large_-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ACF.RGB_.Large_-768x370.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storyworksak.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ACF.RGB_.Large_-1024x493.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">What is a Story Circle? 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