Podcart Engagement in Action

Listen deeply, tell stories

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Digital storytelling is a growing movement across the world. Using simple digital tools, it helps people from all walks of life tell their own stories - to heal, to share, to be listened to. Rhodes Community Engagement is part of Common Good First, a global digital network of universities that showcases and connects social innovation projects around the world, and digital storytelling is at the heart of it. In this latest edition of Engagement in Action, hear how RUCE is helping the community make its voices heard.
11 Sep 2019 English United Kingdom Society & Culture · Education

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