The Healing Art of Storytelling with Dr. Reva Hines

Black History Year

PushBlack

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🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

So many of our stories have historically been hijacked, buried, and rewritten until our very essence has been silenced and erased. Our voices are strong, however. We can be the storytellers of our lives, our community, and our futures. But it’ll take healing.

Today’s guest is well-versed in the healing art of storytelling and shares with us how telling stories can help heal wounds. Dr. Reva Hines is an Alphonse Jackson Professor of Political Science at Southern University and A & M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She also holds certification in Narrative Therapy and Community Storytelling. She has helped individuals take ownership of their narratives and translate their personal stories of trauma into calls for personal triumphs and voices of victory. She'll help us do the same today.

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0:00.0	What's up fam, this is Jay from Push Black and as you know over here we're passionate
0:11.4	about building black power and taking control of our liberation.
0:17.0	One of the ways to build power together is through massive, unprecedented voter turnout.
0:23.8	Every person in our community matters.
0:26.6	That means you, you matter, and your vote matters.
0:31.3	Tuesday, November 8th is Election Day.
0:34.3	Put that in your phone, make a plan for when you're going to go vote and help three people
0:38.9	in your life make their plans.
0:41.2	Hold each other accountable, make it happen.
0:45.0	Visit PushBlackVotes.com for more information and a pledge to vote in 2022.
0:50.8	Peace.
0:56.6	From a young age, we're taught that vulnerability isn't for black people.
1:11.2	It makes sense to sit in vulnerability is to be exposed and defenseless.
1:16.7	It lays bare your body and voice and puts your fullest self on display.
1:22.6	It ain't easy, especially when history has shown the danger and standing up and using
1:27.7	our voices.
1:29.6	But every story has two sides and history has also shown that when we tell our own stories,
1:38.0	when we express our truths, change is inevitable, healing is inevitable.
1:46.3	I'm Len from PushBlack and you're listening to Black History Year.
1:51.8	Believe it or not, we're all artists, we're creators and greats.
1:56.5	We're storytellers with something powerful to say.
2:00.7	Problem is, so many of these powerful stories, both collective and personal experiences,
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