{"id":24,"date":"2015-08-23T23:50:51","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T03:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storytellingidentityfall2015.wordpress.com\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2016-09-28T18:32:01","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T22:32:01","slug":"bon-air-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/storytelling\/bon-air-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Bon Air Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a community-based learning class. \u00a0 Our class will be volunteering together in groups at the\u00a0Bon Air \u00a0Juvenile Correctional Center.<\/a>\u00a0We will be mentoring teens who are preparing for their release from the correctional center, by sharing personal stories. All of the teens we work with are in the correctional center for non-violent\u00a0juvenile\u00a0offenses and our work with\u00a0them\u00a0will be supervised at all times. We will visit the correctional center six times in the semester.<\/p>\n

We will schedule these visits early in the semester, attempting the impossible task of working around everyone\u2019s schedules.\u00a0 They are\u00a0not<\/strong>\u00a0optional.<\/p>\n

IMPORTANT: We need to fulfill the requirements for volunteers at the detention center, which will involve being fingerprinted and undergoing a background check. Our staff partners at the \u00a0Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center have informed us that the only things that would prevent a volunteer from being allowed to serve at the detention center are felonies and sexual offenses against children.<\/p>\n

We will be volunteering as part of the Pathways program.<\/a><\/p>\n

The goals are:<\/p>\n

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  1. UR students and Bon Air residents will develop a healthy short term peer to peer relationship.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. UR students and Bon Air residents will be able to utilize self-reflection to tell stories from their own lives in a group and in an individual setting.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. UR students and Bon Air residents will practice positive communication skills such as making eye contact, using complete sentences, setting appropriate boundaries, and understanding verbal and non verbal cues.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        In addition: by the end of the course, UR students will be able to describe specific ways that stories can build bridges across difference.<\/p>\n

        Required: Written Blog Posts<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Within 24 hours<\/strong> of each visit you will write an entry on your blog which first describes observations\u2013not what you did, but what you saw, heard, noticed, etc.<\/p>\n

        IMPORTANT: NEVER USE THE RESIDENT\u2019S \u00a0REAL NAME IN YOUR POST. THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO PRIVACY.<\/p>\n

        Be sure that you DO include what you notice about stories–what kinds of stories were told?<\/p>\n

        GROUPS and dates: (proposed)<\/p>\n

        Week 1: Sunday Oct. 2 and Monday Oct. 3, Tuesday Oct 4<\/p>\n

        UR Break Oct. 9 and 10<\/p>\n

        Week 2: Sunday Oct. 16 and Monday Oct. 17, Tuesday Oct 18<\/p>\n

        Week 3: Sunday Oct 23 and Monday Oct 24, Tuesday Oct 25<\/p>\n

        Week 4: Sunday Oct. 30, Monday Oct 31 and Tuesday Nov 1<\/p>\n

        Week 5: Sunday Nov. 6 and Monday Nov. 7 and Tuesday Nov 8<\/p>\n

        Extra Week if necessary: Sunday Nov. 13 and Mon. Nov 14, Tuesday Nov. 15<\/p>\n

        (4)Sunday group:\u00a0<\/strong>Justin Luke Lexi \u00a0Crystal<\/strong><\/p>\n

        (6)Monday group: \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Ally,\u00a0Robbynn ,Tilley, Trevor, Maddie Sarah<\/strong><\/p>\n

        (6)Tuesday Group: Kristen, Maria, Erika, Lena, Abigail,Tracy<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        Weekly \u00a0Plan:<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Supplies: I will bring in all supplies at once,\u00a0before the first night:<\/p>\n

        Pre wrapped snacks for 160<\/p>\n

        160 waters<\/p>\n

        the combination for the snack cabinet lock is 34-12-34<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

        Every week,<\/strong> after you get through security screening:<\/p>\n

        First, ask Shift Commander to open the door to the storage room across from Shift Command Office. Pick up snacks and waters–one for everyone.<\/p>\n

        Go to the Unit. Eat snacks and say hello.<\/p>\n

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        Week 1: Learning to Listen (Oct 2-4)<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Opening Circle ( a story you like:\u00a0What is a story? Something that has a beginning,a middle and an end! It can be a book, a movie, a song, a play…); writing \u201cI Am\u201d poem; learning to listen\u2014<\/p>\n

        “An important aspect of telling stories is telling them to a listener. \u00a0Do an activity that teaches good listening: learning to listen.\u00a0First, tell your story to your partner. At the end say “The End.” \u00a0The listener should say “Thank you” because giving someone a story from your life is a GIFT! Then the listener should tell back the story they just heard to the original storyteller. \u00a0Then reverse roles.”<\/p>\n

        Pairs:\u00a0share poem (listening and tell-back exercise)<\/p>\n

        Closing Circle: debrief<\/p>\n

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        Week 2: Memory and Story (Oct 16-18)<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Opening Circle: what do you remember from last week?<\/p>\n

        Talk about memory and how we remember experiences, people, etc. from earlier in our lives. (Memory prompts\u2014the senses)<\/p>\n

        “We all remember events in our lives. \u00a0You can tell about them in the form of a story. Think of a specific time and place when something happened. \u00a0Remember what happened just before, and just after… \u00a0Remember a time when you were a child and you felt safe.<\/p>\n

        Turn that into a story (something with a beginning, middle and end)”<\/p>\n

        Pairs: Do story listening exercise (listen-tell back stories of safety) \u00a0 *Notice discussions that come after story telling\/listening<\/p>\n

        Closing Circles: what came up? \u00a0What did the stories do?<\/p>\n

         <\/p>\n

        Week 3: How do \u00a0stories\u00a0make you feel?( Oct 22-25)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Opening Circle: What was the best part of last week? what kind of stories do we want to tell today?<\/p>\n

        Prompt: Tell a story about a time when: You thought you couldn\u2019t do something but figured out that you could.<\/p>\n

        Pairs: Change listening exercise: say something you related to, connected to, or liked about the story your partner told<\/p>\n

        Closing Circle: what did you hear?experience?<\/p>\n

         <\/p>\n

        Week 4: Choosing your story (Oct 30- Nov 1)<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Opening circle: What was the best part of last week?\u00a0Can we tell a story that is the same story but tell it a little bit differently?<\/p>\n

        Ideas: think of a story you have already shared. Try out a story that you want to tell differently or \u00a0 Choose a different story. What was your favorite story that you told so far? Why?\u00a0 What story did you not get to tell yet that you want to tell? What is a story that you want people to hear about you? What questions do you want to ask each other?<\/p>\n

        Pairs: do a story telling of their choice, looking for connections.<\/p>\n

        Closing Circle: debrief: what is it like to “choose” our stories?<\/p>\n

         <\/p>\n

        Week 5: Closing Project Work (Nov 6-8)<\/strong><\/p>\n

        TBD<\/p>\n

        consider: project produced last spring:\u00a0https:\/\/tellmeastoryweb.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/04\/tell_me_a_story.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

         <\/p>\n

        Extra week\u2014depending on what project we all come up with together, we might do something on separate days or all together to celebrate<\/p>\n

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        List of Extra Story Prompts<\/span> “Tell a story about a time when…”<\/p>\n

        1. …you had your favorite meal with your favorite people<\/p>\n

        2. …You thought you couldn\u2019t do something but figured out that you could.<\/p>\n

        3. …you laughed really hard.<\/p>\n

        4. …you were really scared.<\/p>\n

        5. What is your earliest memory?<\/p>\n

        6. …it was your first day of school or first day in a new place.<\/p>\n

        7. …you got stitches or broke a bone.<\/p>\n

        8. …you helped someone.<\/p>\n

        9. …someone helped you.<\/p>\n

         <\/p>\n

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