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Llano Grande Digital Storytelling in Nags Head, NC The Llano Grande Digital Storytelling retreat, held in November 2011, was a focus on the art of capturing the stories. The focus of this retreat was to identify how I became the leader that I am today. Facing the obstacles, celebratory moments and other memorable times of my life which have brought me to this point. The retreat was led by a team from the Llano Grande Center, from Edinburg, Texas. This was an exciting time for me in that my story was the story that was publicly played out for others to gain knowledge as to how to develop their own story. With the help of the Llano Grande team, we gathered artifacts and interviews from my family and friends. ** MIGUEL GUAJARDO, Ph.D - Associate Professor ** ** Francisco Guajardo, Ph.D. – Executive Director ** ** Juan Ozuna – Program Director **

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Llano Grande Digital Storytelling in Raleigh, NC The Llano Grande Digital Storytelling retreat, held in November 2012, was a focus on the art of capturing the stories of the community issues that affect the Northeast. The retreat was led by a team from the Llano Grande Center in Edinburg, Texas. Teams of fellows worked together to create a digital representation of words, images and personalized expressions of the issues that seem larger than life in theor Rural North Carolina. The team of fellows that I worked with were Kimberly Allison, Kelly Anne Mudd, Jackson Olsen, and Erin Robbins. Our group focused on the dynamic of race in Eastern North Carolina. We realized in order to understand the present, sometimes we must look at the past. We our story took us to the town of Oxford, NC, which reached national attention in the book and movie, "Blood Done Sign My Name," by Timothy B. Tyson.     We would like to thank the wonderful leaders, elders, students and community members for offering such great interviews and documenting stories that we would been able to accurately tell the story without. Though we have seen many changes in the school systems, the economy and the political structure, we all agree that we still have a long ways to go. A special thank you to Dr. John Oliver of the Llano Grande Team who helped us to craft and tell our story. 

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Lynda Tredway, University of California at Berkeley, facilitated a multi-day workshop on issues of race and equity. The work included personal, organizational and institutional development as well as tools to engage in this work as school leaders. As a part of this training, Cohort Fellows explored the impact that our students (from Northeastern North Carolina) have had on us as educators and as people in general. We also had "Courageous Conversations" about our backgrounds, race and our experiences. In addition, we explored equity traps that educators fall into that prevent real social justice from occurring and ways to have discussions with people to help schools meet the needs of racially diverse students. Lynda Tredway

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