Piggybacking on an earlier post about stories from people who attended Donnelsville Elementary School, I want to add these words of wisdom from a publication produced by the Research Center for Leadership in Action, New York University.
The process of creation – including writing and telling our stories – can help us slow down and reflect together, rather than talk past each other. Organizers sometimes jump ahead with their agendas before witnessing what is happening in a community. By slowing down, we unearth what is waiting to be spoken and clarify our core values and purpose. This can help us help us hold to our true mission, whatever that might be.
