Our storytelling commitment held the space of the work’s global significance from the beginning and embodied the core assumption that how you see something impacts what you see. Looking for something creates space for it to come forward and be seen, recognized, and valued. A storytelling lens that looks for and recognizes the resources that are already there in a culture and community is powerful, in a parallel way to the program lens that does the same thing. Stories crafted using this lens become positive mirrors back to the culture and communities themselves, helping people see things about
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