Title: Florida Storytelling Week

Summary: Designates week of November 14-20, 2021, as "Florida Storytelling Week."

Full Text:
WHEREAS, storytelling embraces the heritage and oral tradition of diverse cultures within our state and enables all Floridians to celebrate the strength of community and the richness of diversity, and WHEREAS, storytelling promotes literacy and character development among the youth of our state while encouraging mastery of the language arts and knowledge of the history and folklore of Florida as students learn, tell, and listen to stories in school or community settings, and WHEREAS, storytelling fosters communication, tolerance, and understanding among Florida residents of every age and background, and WHEREAS, the Florida Storytelling Association, Inc., consisting of storyte llers, story listeners, and story lovers from all regions of the state, serves to preserve, perpetuate, and promote storytelling in Florida by educating storytellers and encouraging the art of storytelling, NOW, THEREFORE, HR 8007 2021 hr8007 FL OR I DA HO US EO FR EP RE SE NT A TI VE SBe It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Florida: That the House of Representatives commends the Florida Storytelling Association, Inc., and designates the week of November-20, 2021, as "Florida Storytelling Week."