Community Voices Blog

Welcome to NewStories’ Community Voices page, a vibrant space dedicated to sharing the latest stories, inspirations, challenges, and growth from the NewStories team, community, and social field.Here, you’ll discover blog posts that capture the essence of  Re-Storying efforts drawn from real lived experiences, offering diverse perspectives from around the world.

This page will be consistently updated to share emerging insights, fostering a dynamic environment where stories of transformation and collaboration come to life.Explore and engage with the rich tapestry of experiences that define and inspire the NewStories’ community.

  • Bob Stilger

The Crossroads

After fifteen years of working alongside communities before and after disaster, NewStories founder Bob Stilger reflects on the crossroads disruption creates—and what becomes possible when communities find one another, share what they are learning, and choose what comes next.
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  • Michelle Beasley

Dinosaurs, Hexaploids, and Octopuses: Deep Time Notes for the Age of Mad Kings

On this International Day of the Forests, Michelle’s essay is a reminder of what the trees already know: that we are not the first to face impossible odds, that resilience is written into the genome of life itself, and that the rope—if we pick it up together—holds.
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  • Jesikah Maria Ross

What an Artist-in-Resonance Learned About Documentation, Doubt, and Designing from the Margins

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  • Jesikah Maria Ross

jesikah maria ross Named Inaugural Artist-in-Resonance at NewStories

NewStories is partnering with jesikah maria ross as our very first Artist-in-Resonance— a new role designed to support community-rooted practitioners who explore how meaningful change happens—through art, storytelling, and shared inquiry.
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  • Tenneson Woolf

What Do Humans Need to Hear?  Insights from Tenneson Woolf on Human Connection and Belonging

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  • Kathy Solberg

Unweaving: The Essential Art of Personal Transformation

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Rebuilding Dreams in Tomioka: How a Winery Became a Symbol of Resilience and Renewal

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  • Rodrigo Rubido Alonso

Transforming Communities: The ELOS Methodology in Brazil and Beyond

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One Story Across Many Lands: First People’s Convening on Climate Forced Displacement

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Dancing with Life’s Changes: The Dance Palace’s Journey of Renewal With NewStories

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Roots of Resilience: NewStories’ Four-Decade Journey to Support Japan’s Post-Disaster Recovery

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Emergent Strategy

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