6.12 Seconds – James Croft’s Harvard LGBT Bullying Speech (Video) [Story of Self, Us and Now]

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James Croft's speech at a rally in 2010 to call people to act against homophobic bullying in schools.

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A great example of the Story of Self, Us and Now given by James Croft at a rally in 2010 to call people to act against homophobic bullying in schools.

  • “What experiences shaped his values?
  • Whose choices were they?
  • Why are they stories?
  • Who is the “us” to whom he appeals?
  • What moments of choice does he recall?
  • What are the values?
  • What challenges to those values does he describe?
  • What’s the source of hope?
  • In what action does he ask us to join?
  • Why does James Croft begin as he does?
  • What challenge, choice, and outcome are at the core of each story he tells?
  • What details, images, moments do these stories bring alive?
  • What values do these stories communicate?”

Questions sourced from – Leadership, Organizing and Action: SEED Organizing Workshop Participant Guide August 7-9, 2015


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