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Pledge 10

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I pledge to seek to use storytelling as a means of inspiration and empowerment for both contributors and audiences

Dignified storytelling empowers contributors, cultivates empathy, and inspires action through the power of storytelling. It looks for the bright light in all people from a place of connection, partnership, and respect.

 

Dignified storytelling humbly recognises that issues related to development and human rights are present in every society – we all are culpable; we all are impacted; we all are human.  Dignified storytelling promotes collective effort towards the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and affirms that each of us has the power to meaningfully contribute to positive change within our families, communities, and the wider world.