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Narrative 4 Shines on PBS NewsHour
Last month, PBS NewsHour featured a heartwarming segment on Narrative 4, as part of its Art in Action series. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown explored how Narrative 4’s signature Story Exchanges are helping young people build compassion and bridge divides—whether political, cultural or socioeconomic.
The news team visited Santa Fe library where high schools from all over the city had gathered to take part in the program as part of Santa Fe International Literary Festival. Watch the video below!
Nina Bunker, Teacher, Santa Fe High School said:
“They would not talk to each other if it wasn’t for this event… I can’t think of a better way to really understand someone else’s perspective than to tell their story.”
Isabela Erazo–Lujan, Senior, Santa Fe High School
“It allows for the other person to really understand that this person is a person, and I don’t know who they are, but I know that I am sympathetic for them and I can relate to them in some way.”
Colum McCann, Co-Founder of Narrative 4
“I see stories as that sort of — as the essence of a possible democracy, in the sense that goes across borders, boundaries, and then we begin to step out of self and we begin to acknowledge other people.”
Watch the full segment here.
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