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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

🚀 The countdown begins NOW! ⏳Only 7 days until Ohio Giving Day 2025!🎉 The Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact is gearing up for OHIO Giving Day on April 8th! As a featured fund for OHIO, we invite you to be part of our story.

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Coffee, community, & unforgettable stories This Friday, March 20th|7–9 PM|Donkey Coffee, Athens. Come support @passionworksstudio.bsky.social through storytelling! Scan the QR code if you want to tell a story about your "unexpected connection” #PassionWorks #DonkeyCoffee #COMS #StorytellingMatters

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

This weekend, Convo Arena does not just host a basketball game. It holds a story. 💛🏀

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

The 13th annual Honey for the Heart brought the magic once again! Huge SO to the Storytelling Institute's amazing livestream team of Jorge Castillo, Olivia Raney, and Candice Rios Wenmoth who partnered with WOUB Public Media to kept the buzz going and the smiles shining!

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

🎉We are thrilled to partner with @passionworksstudio.bsky.social to bring you the 13th Annual Honey for the Heart Parade LIVE on WOUB Public Media's Facebook page. 🖥 Join the fun in person on Court Street or watch the livestream on Facebook at 5:00 pm. 🕔

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Last Saturday, the OHIO Volleyball Team 🏐hosted 5-year-old leukemia survivor Delaney Lucas and her family during its Turn It Gold with Passion 💛match. From team hugs to courtside fun, the afternoon was filled with unforgettable memory-making. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVgp...

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OHIO Women’s Volleyball Team Turns it Gold with Leukemia Survivor Delaney Lucas

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

📆SAVE THE DATE! The OUCU Financial Mobile Art Project of Passion Works has been on the move again🚚. The wall of Habitat for Humanity of Southeast Ohio's ReStore has become a canvas for community stories, shared dreams, and collective spirit.

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

How do women find their voice when their health stories are met with silence 🤐, skepticism 🤔, or stigma?

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

How do women find their voice when their health stories are met with silence 🤐, skepticism 🤔, or stigma?

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

How do women find their voice when their health stories are met with silence 🤐, skepticism 🤔, or stigma?

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

✨🗣️ How do we give voice to complex stories that defy words and the conventions of language? These stories—often of trauma or other profound lived experiences—reside not just in our heads and hearts, but in every cell of our body.

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

🎧 You can listen to the podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... 🌐 Learn more about Behind the White Coat & view story archives: www.ohio.edu/medicine/beh... 📚 Learn more about the Open Book Project: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

As medicine heeds the call of patient-centered care 🩺💙, it is easy to overlook the other person in the clinic room. Physicians, like patients, have stories 📖✨. Within the everyday demands of clinical practice 🏥, however, their stories are seldom invited and remain untold.

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

✊📢 How do citizens pursue freedom 🕊️ and fellowship 🤝 through protest and advocacy? Dr. Shelley Rawlins of @utahtechu.bsky.social joins co-host Dr. Lynn Harter 🎙️ and reflects on matters of risk ⚖️ and possibility 🌟 among activists.

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

🎧 You can listen to the podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... 📖 You can read an article about Turn it Gold in the journal Health Communication at: www.tandfonline.com/.../10.../10...

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Childhood cancer 🎗️ is the number one disease killer of children in the U.S. 🇺🇸 Even so, only four percent of the National Cancer Institute’s budget 💰 focuses on childhood cancers. These are more than abstract statistics 📊 for this episode’s guests Angela Dina and Michelle Payne

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Learn more about how social networks, online communities, and health researchers are changing the lived experience of persons with diabetes. Listen to the podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

🎵“We’re getting this off on a good note,” declared resident poet and punster Noah. Troy strung a tune on a ukulele and then drew it✏️. Artists and students alike drew quarter notes, half beats, and treble clefs in a collaborative rhythm common to the studio.

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

You can listen to the podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

🎙️ Dr. Allyson Hughes, Assistant Professor of Primary Care at Ohio University, joins co-host Dr. Joe Bianco to recount her journey from her diagnosis of type 1 diabetes at age seven to a career as a diabetes and disabilities researcher 👩‍🔬, educator 📚, and advocate 💪.

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

🎧 You can listen to Elena’s whole episode here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m... 📖 You can read Elena’s articles published in Health Communication at: doi.org/10.1080/1041... and doi.org/10.1080/1041...

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

🎙️ Elena Semino, Distinguished Professor of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University joins host Dr. Joe Bianco to discuss the subtle and surprising ways that language 🗣️ and humor 😂 shape health experiences 💙.

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Over 7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease and other associated dementias, amid a shortage of health professionals trained to care for aging adults 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️.

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

🌱 Learn more the multi-sensory and therapeutic potentials of gardening here: open.spotify.com/episode/6Vxh... You can read an article about this project in the journal Health Communication at: doi.org/10.1080/1041...

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Over 7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease and other associated dementias, amid a shortage of health professionals trained to care for aging adults 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️.

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

🎙️Dr. Jay Baglia, Professor of Health Communication at DePaul University, joins host Dr. Joe Bianco to recount his journey toward cancer survivorship🎗️.

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

🎙️Dr. Jay Baglia, Professor of Health Communication at DePaul University, joins host Dr. Joe Bianco to recount his journey toward cancer survivorship🎗️.

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

🎧 You can hear the rest of the episode here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... 📖 You can read Dr. Olivia McAnirlin’s article in the journal Health Communication here: 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1041...

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

🌿 Dr. Olivia McAnirlin, Co-Director of the Virtual Reality and Nature Lab at Clemson University, joins co-host 🎙️Lynn Harter to reflect on her use of 360-degree virtual reality storytelling in working with patients and families who cannot revisit memorable places in nature.

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

🎧 You can hear the rest of the episode here on Apple Podcasts: 👉https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/weaving-just-and-joyful-communities-one-story-at-a-time/id1456643447?i=1000717754621

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

🎧 Learn more about storytelling through visual imagery on this week’s episode of Defining Moments Podcast on Apple Podcasts: 👉 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Embedded within @ohiouniversity.bsky.social but with footprints in Southeastern Appalachian Ohio, we create, share, and study storytelling in its many shapes and forms📖. The institute amplifies voices previously unheard or dismissed and disrupts inherited narratives that limit human potential.

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

📝Skilled storytellers help us reckon with expectations gone awry & imagine otherwise. John Roedel is gifted narrator who offers hard-earned wisdom wrapped in poetic prose. His honest & vulnerable truth-telling invites contemplators to embrace the wonder of being alive in a beautiful and broken world

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

🥁 Drumroll… Defining Moments Podcast is one of the Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact hallmark initiatives produced in partnership with WOUB Public Media 📻 and the journal Health Communication published by the Taylor & Francis Group of Routledge Publishing📖.

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

🥁Drumroll....Introducing the Storytelling Institute's new Chief Video 🎥 Producer @jacastilloc.bsky.social. Jorge earned his MFA 🎓 from the Ohio University Scripps College of Communication in May, 2025. While in graduate school, Jorge worked as an assistant producer at the institute.

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

🎉 The Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact invites all current Ohio University international students to submit their most compelling photographs telling stories of culture, community, and connection – both in Ohio and around the world - to the 2nd annual 3C Photo Contest!

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Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact @bgstorytelling.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Curious🔍. Compassionate💛. Courageous💪.. No job too small or big. Does more than expected and with exceptional attention to detail. Spreads joy even as she seeks to improve the human condition. Who might we be talking about? Megan Westervelt. (1/3)

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