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‘Kindness is having the ability to speak with love,  

listen with patience, and act with compassion.” 

-Random Acts of Kindness Foundation

Join the Healing Story Alliance for a special gathering to share and explore stories of kindness  in its many faces and forms. Through folk tales and personal stories, we will dive deeply into  multiple experiences of kindness. What is it? How does it impact us and our relationships to  ourselves, to each other, to the world? Come and listen to “kind stories” shared by both  professional tellers and community members and see what memories of kindness emerge for  you.

Date: Dec.4, 2022

Time: 7:00pm-8:30pm EST

(Open Mic Story Share and Reflection: last half hour) 

Format: The story session opens with a concert of seasoned tellers and community tellers  sharing stories with themes of kindness. During the second half of the gathering, audience  members are invited to share a story, moment, or reflection about kindness that emerged for  them as listeners.

Purpose: We all need a little more kindness in our lives. Perhaps a story can take us there.

 

“WHEN YOU ARE KIND TO OTHERS, IT NOT ONLY CHANGES YOU, IT CHANGES THE  WORLD.” Harold Kushner

KIND STORIES in CONCERT 

ABOUT the STORYTELLERS 

Bobby Norfolk is an award-winning storyteller and author from St. Louis,

Missouri. He has been performing throughout the United States and world-wide  for over 40 years. Bobby used to be a National Park Ranger for 10 years at the  Gateway Arch presenting living history programs. Today, he is an actor,

comedian, author and teaching artist, and is well known for his high energy

performances, lively animation, and sound effects. His prior CBS children’s TV  show “Gator Tales” won 3 Emmy Awards! He also has 8 published storytelling

CD’s, including many National Parent’s Choice Gold Award winners! As an

author, he has written several books for children and adults. Bobby was also

honored with the prestigious Circle of Excellence Award presented by The National Storytelling  Network. Recently, faculty at the University of Missouri-St. Louis voted to honor Bobby Norfolk the  degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. He also gave the commencement speech at the graduation  ceremony this past May. People describe him as an adventure story come to life!

 

Carol Birch received the 1998 National Storytelling Network's Circle of

Excellence Award given to storytellers recognized as master tellers by their

peers, setting standards for excellence, and demonstrating a commitment and

dedication to the art over a significant period of time. Thirty years of experience  have earned her a respected place in the forefront of the revival of platform

storytelling: teaching at Southern Connecticut State University; lecturing at forty one universities across the nation, as well as professional and corporate

organizations; producing nine audio-anthologies for the National Storytelling

Association; directing seventeen audio-cassettes for independent storytellers as  well as August House, Lightyear Entertainment, and Weston Woods Studios;

writing THE WHOLE STORY HANDBOOK: USING IMAGERY TO COMPLETE  THE STORY EXPERIENCE; co-editing WHO SAYS? ESSAYS ON PIVOTAL

ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY STORYTELLING, the first book on the aesthetics of storytelling; serving  as a chairperson of the Anne Izard Storyteller's Choice Award; and producing three award-winning  audio-cassettes of her own stories

 

Dr. Joel Ying is a Physician-Educator-Storyteller who began his journey as a

storytelling performer in 2015. He discovered a new way to connect and touch an  audience. He says, “In this age of information, it is not the facts and figures that  inspire, but rather it is the power of story to create emotion and move us into

action.” He now performs regularly with an eclectic collection of world folk tales  and touching personal stories. He has been featured at the Florida Storytelling  Festival and at the Stone Soup Festival in South Carolina as a New Voice. He

currently teaches “Storytelling as Healing” at Florida Gulf Coast University and in  online workshops.

 

Emcee 

Noa Baum was born and raised in Jerusalem. Noa offers a unique approach

to storytelling in communities and organizations. Since 1982, she has inspired

and educated audiences of all ages with her performances, keynotes, and

workshops. Noa lives in the U.S. since 1990 and tours internationally. She

has presented in Turkey, Sweden, the UK and in Israel and at hundreds of

venues in the US including: The World Bank, The Mayo Clinic, The Kennedy

Center, The US Defense Department, US Securities and Exchange

Commission, AARP, GWU Law School, Brandies and Stanford Universities.

 

Community Tellers 

Carmen Scaffidi is a licensed Unity teacher since 2016. She is the Spiritual Leader of Unity Espanol.  Carmen is originally from the Dominican Republic; she came to United States in 1984. She has been in  Massachusetts since 1999. She has worked as a medical interpreter for 20 years. Carmen has three  beautiful daughters, and a granddaughter!

 

Cindy DeRuyter is in charge of a local weekly soup kitchen in Hudson, MA where they give out an  average of 70 meals along with donations of breads, desserts and seasonal clothing. Over the years,  she has recruited many high school student volunteers which has had a huge effect on their  understanding of need and service. In addition to the meals served, they have a rack along the sidewalk  where she puts out 4-8 boxes of produce 4 times a week from excess at local grocery stores. With  donations from stores and the food pantry that she volunteers at, she says they distribute groceries  weekly to churches and pantries in 3 other towns and a refugee center.