Storytelling for Advocacy

Dionne Bensonsmith and Tammy Nyden present at the 2017 National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health Conference, Orlando, Florida. November 10, 2017.

Session Description:

This workshop will discuss the power of the personal story to advocate for positive policy change. We will describe how people can become involved in the new Mothers on the Frontline Podcast project,  in which participants share not only the experience of living with or raising children with mental illness, but other intersections salient to the story they wish to tell. The session includes an activity to help participants practice effective storytelling.