Title: Florida Storytelling Week

Summary: Designates week of November 16-22, 2014, as "Florida Storytelling Week."

Full Text:
WHEREAS, storytelling embraces the heritage and oral tradition of diverse cultures within our state, enabling all Floridians to celebrate the strength of community in th erichness of diversity, and WHEREAS, storytelling promotes literacy and character development among the youth of our state while encouraging mastery of 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 citizens of every age and background, and WHEREAS, the Florida Storytelling Association, Inc., consisting of numerou sstorytellers in 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 9009 2014 hr9009 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 Stat eof Florida: That the House of Representatives commends the Florida Storytelling Association, Inc., and designates the week of November 16-22, 2014, as "Florida Storytelling Week."