Stories from the Flood: Promoting Healing and Fostering Policy Change Through Storytelling, Community Literacy, and Community-based Learning

Authors

Caroline Gottschalk Druschke
Tamara Dean
Margot Higgins
Marissa Beaty
Lisa Henner
Robin Hosemann
Julia Meyer
Ben Sellers
Sydney Widell
Tenzin Woser

Document Type

Project and Program Profile

Abstract

This profile features the authors' shared work to co-create both a community literacy project, Stories from the Flood, and the undergraduate community-based learning courses that supported the effort. Stories from the Flood works to assist community members in southwestern Wisconsin to share their flood experiences, aiming to support community healing and serve as a resource for future conversations about flood recovery and resilience. Our collaboration on Stories from the Flood demonstrates the importance of non-university expertise and aims to daylight and correct structural asymmetries that render these rural watersheds both particularly vulnerable to flooding and absent of government intervention.

Recommended Citation

Gottschalk Druschke, Caroline; Dean, Tamara; Higgins, Margot; Beaty, Marissa; Henner, Lisa; Hosemann, Robin; Meyer, Julia; Sellers, Ben; Widell, Sydney; and Woser, Tenzin (2022) "Stories from the Flood: Promoting Healing and Fostering Policy Change Through Storytelling, Community Literacy, and Community-based Learning," Community Literacy Journal: Vol. 16: Iss. 2, Article 35.
DOI: 10.25148/CLJ.16.2.010622
Available at: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/communityliteracy/vol16/iss2/35