Clint Smith: Beyond This Place (Future of StoryTelling 2015)

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2015 Future of StoryTelling Summit Speaker: Clint Smith
Teacher & Poet
Societal problems like racism and inequality often feel overwhelming. Clint Smith sees a possible remedy: storytelling. Through his work as a poet, educator, and activist, including an innovative program at the Massachusetts Department of Corrections, Smith often confronts how we’re socialized to simplify others down to their race, their class, or even just their worst moment. The same is being done to us, and thus our lives can feel riven by social divides. But if we learn to tell our own stories-to explore our emotions, and to captivate the emotions of others-we can fully engage with our shared humanity. Smith's experience as a poet has made him adept at teaching these key storytelling tools, which he'll be sharing at this year's FoST.

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I am a Student at a college in Pennsylvania. I am taking an "Introduction To Sociology" Class this week we are deliberating on a Chapter that includes The Strain Theory- Strain theories state that certain strains or stressors increase the likelihood of crime. These strains lead to negative emotions, such as frustration and anger. These emotions create pressure for corrective action, and crime is one possible. I can't say much about it now because I just started the task. This video is a must watch in this matter to help us better understand a few things. Thank you Mr. Clint Smith for being a resource in this class as we expand our crime on the connection between Humans, Crimes, and Sociology. Free All The Prisoners who deserve to free.

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Profoundly meaningful, deep, sad, yet hopeful. I am moved deeply by this eloquent poem. I have shared it's beauty. Thank you for writing it and for what you do.

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Powerful. Sensitive and empathic.

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Tears me up every time!

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"The air is thick with ambivalence"

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Amazing!

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Does someone know the name of the music theme?

[@SamiraMarie3]

Deviance, Crime, and Social Control