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collection of innovative educational programs that use storytelling to transform lives

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ehavioral and mental health practices to help students develop essential resiliency and self-worth

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ommunities healing communities through sharing powerful stories

Our Core Belief

The stories we believe about ourselves and our communities have immense power. They control our:



Resiliency

Resiliency



Wellbeing

Wellbeing



Self Worth

Self-Worth



Educational Outcomes

Educational Outcomes



Community Engagement

Community Engagement



Career Pathways

Career Pathways



Harnessing the Power of Stories

Our programming seeks to tackle the internal and external barriers our students face through three stages:



Intervention

Engaging with students at pivotal turning points, we create holistic learning spaces to tackle personal barriers with mental health, mindfulness, and purpose-finding tools.

Transformation

Through the act of telling their stories, students strengthen resilience and self worth, build future pathways, and gain essential education and career skills needed to achieve their goals.

Empowerment

Channeling their transformation outward, students learn to advocate for themselves and their communities, sharing their experiences to heal and inspire those around them.

Our Focus Areas

To break cycles of incarceration, poverty, and low-opportunity, we work with these demographics:


Brink Focus

Our Programs



Prison Programs

Frames Comic Program

University Partnerships

F(r)iction in the Classroom

F(r)iction Literary Journal

F(r)iction


Student Testimonials


"I never really liked talking about my life until I took this class. I grew up like boys don't express their feelings, but now I see it's okay."

"I feel like this class is my Turning Point. I'm going to change everything from here on out."

"The teacher made me feel safe to share my story and made me feel like I was enough."

"I realized I'm the one keeping the cycle going. If I want things to change for my kid, I need to be the one who changes things."

"I never really liked talking about my life until I took this class. I grew up like boys don't express their feelings, but now I see it's okay."

"It awoke a creative part of me that I feared had gone dormant forever."

"I don't share myself often. But here, I wanted to. It validated how far I've come."

"Hearing everyone's stories made me feel more human."

"I was seeing strengths in myself that I'd never seen before."





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