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The purpose of the Youth, Educators, and Storytellers (YES!) Alliance is twofold:

1. To promote youth storytelling through the Youth Strand
2. To encourage educators and other adults to use storytelling with youth as an educational tool in classrooms and in other settings through the Curriculum Links and Storytelling Strategies Strand (CLASS)

We are a special interest group of the National Storytelling Network.

Join our group's discussions within Professional Storyteller on the art for, with, and by our youth. We also have a Facebook account.

You are welcome to support us further through paid membership of YES! through NSN.

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http://www.yesalliance.com

Meet the YES! Board

Rachel Hedman, Co-Chair (representing YOUTH Strand)

Elizabeth Rose, Co-Chair (representing CLASS Strand)

Steve Jordan, Co-Vice Chair representing YOUTH

Anne Wallace, Co-Vice Chair representing YOUTH

Mary Jo Huff, Co-Vice Chair representing CLASS

Joe Jekot, Co-Vice Chair representing CLASS

Easter Christopher, Newsletter Chair & Secretary
Newsletter Committee: Bruce Campbell, Diane Cox, Joyce Geary, Mary Inman

Nancy Fraleigh, Project Chair
Project Committee: Lana Bowes, Lisa Eister, Feriel Feldman, Betsy Fleischer, Pat Nease, Octavia Sexton

Gail Herman, Membership Chair

Elise Krakower, Resource Chair

Pat Nease, Communications Chair
Communications Committee: Ann Scroggie, Lois Sprengnether Keel, Anne Wallace

Kathy Palermo, Youth Clubs Support
Youth Clubs Support Committee: Lisa Eister, Marni Gillard, Lynette Harris, Mary Jo Huff, Elise Krakower, Mary Ann Schmidt, Anne Wallace

Sadarri Saskill, Storytelling Magazine Correspondent

Lois Sprengnether Keel, Webmaster

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At 1:52pm on March 7, 2009, Oel Castner said…: Well, we had a wonderful season telling this winter and early spring. I have told stories to about 7,000 children 1st thru 6. Five radio programs over KPFT and KLRU. Now I will be telling daily at the Houston Livestock Show and Radio. It is amazing, when you begin maturing into your seventies, folks ask for more and more. What a thrill!.........oel castner

At 11:47am on August 18, 2008, Mary Fearon said…: looks like an interesting group of tellers and I look forward to being part of it.

At 11:30am on August 18, 2008, Cathy Spagnoli said…: Delighted to be a member of such an important group of tellers. I've told and helped teachers/students to tell for over 30 years. And I'm still learning. My focus is especially on Asia and Asian tales; I've been lucky to work with tellers, teachers, and students across Asia. Now I'm eager to learn from all of you.

At 12:45am on August 17, 2008, Bonnie L Pelton said…: Thanks for the add !! Have a great day !

At 12:08am on August 17, 2008, Youth, Educators, and Storytellers Alliance said…: The 2008 Arne Nixon Student Storytelling Festival in Lemoore, CA had a whole theme on geography. That meant the youth told stories from around the world and the afternoon workshops for Fresno State graduate students from the Education Department learned how to meet curriculum standards using geography and storytelling.

What grade(s) do you focus on?

At 11:30pm on August 16, 2008, Elysabeth Eldering said…: Maybe this will help get my geography series in the schools where it needs to be. Teacher's guide will be completed when the series is completed. I may be able to do individual teacher's guides for the series but at this point, I just am concentrating on getting the series written first. Thanks for inviting me - E :)

At 9:24pm on August 11, 2008, Gail N. Herman said…: Hi Youth Tellers and Educators,
I am so glad to see everyone's comments below. I've been calling some of our members and am delighted to learn how much each member is doing and has done in storytelling with youth.
Some have asked what I do. I am an organic storyteller (tm). No, that is NOT orgasmic! I use a technique noted in ethnography from Western Africa in which the teller allows or invites students or adult listeners to enter into the story at various points. Then the teller uses these pictures of the mind's eye within the story and then returns to the original plot. So the divergence is within the story's structure and actually much like the way stories migrate from town to town and country to country. More on this later. (Actually, I'm writing a book on it!)
Gail N. Herman

At 12:43pm on June 29, 2008, sebastian said…: I have had five year olds held for an hour listening to Homer - storytelling is our first and most effective communication. Storytelling in the classroom is an organic exchange of information. Bravo Y.E.S.A... tell the tale you heard told.

At 12:06pm on June 29, 2008, Debra Morningstar said…: Sagol'i Storytelling Friends!
I'm thrilled to be part of your very worthwhile group AND effort!
I'm learning so much from all of you!
Keep up the great work!
Peace~
Debra

At 7:49am on June 29, 2008, Marilyn A. Hudson said…: Great work! You are to be commended for reaching new generatations with story....it is so important for people to have exposure to this art form as a literacy tool and for healthy social and human development. Children are often the most nature storytellers - if they are given permission to use their wonderful imaginations! I often worked with young children from homes where they never spoke, let alone told a story! To see them begin to express themselves was like the emerging butterfly breaking free!