The Power of Stories: Video Playlist (2013-2014)
The Power of Stories is an archive of projects submitted every year to Building Healthy Communities (BHC) Statewide Convening. It showcases work created throughout California highlighting the power of individual and collective efforts to promote health and demonstrates how stories have the power to re-imagine and transform our communities. Produced in partnership with the California Endowment.
On October 11, 2014, residents, youth, and community stakeholders, including nonprofit organizations, systems leaders and policy makers from across California will gather at the Building Healthy Communities (BHC) Annual Convening to celebrate The Power of Our Stories, an art, video, and live performance festival that will feature more than 40 works from across the state. This year, the gathering focuses on artistic and cultural stories of community change efforts. Arts and culture are cherished because they illuminate our inner lives and enrich our emotional world. They also have impact on our social well-being and cohesion, our physical and mental health, our education system, and our economy.
We invite you to explore the rich cultural and community treasures in this collection of stories that showcase the power of our individual and collective efforts to promote health. Experience how stories have the power to help us re-imagine and transform our lives.
Watch the video above for amazing stories of people throughout California who are taking action in their own unique way to improve the health of their communities.
The Power of Stories Video Playlist (click for more information):
- Street Literature (Richmond)
- Game Changers: Every Student Matters (Central Long Beach)
- Fish Kill 2014? Yurok Youth Seek Answers (Del Norte & Adjacent Tribal Lands)
- Invisible to Invincible (Boyle Heights)
- Guerilla Theater (East Oakland)
- MOTHER/MADRE: I AM NOT ASHAMED No Me Averguenzo (Eastern Coachella Valley)
- AjA Project: Youth Media (City Heights)
- Park Ordinance (South Kern)
- Merced Cultural Treasures: The Hmong Qeej (Merced)
- Activating Our Cultural Assets: A Story of Community Organizing in Boyle Heights Through Traditional Arts Practice (Boyle Heights)
- Skate Project (Sacramento)
- Sons & Brothers (Fresno)
- South L.A. Building Healthy Communities (South L.A.)
- Merced Cultural Treasures: Grupo Folklorico Juan Colorado (Merced)
- Santa Ana Cultural Treasures: Youth Organizing (Santa Ana)
- ActivARTE (Boyle Heights)
- The Voyage (East Oakland)
- Saving Fresno's Healthcare Safety Net (Fresno)
