The Power of Digital Storytelling on Promoting Cross-Racial Solidarity

STOrytelling Racism to Empower Youth (STOREY) Intervention

Funded by the Mental Research Institute and the Boston College Research Across Departments and Schools grants, we are developing the STOREY (STOrying Racism to Empower Youth) intervention as an educational tool to promote Asian American and Latinx college students’ ethnic/racial identity, anti-racism interests, and advocacy against anti-Black racism. We employ an innovative fusion of the persuasive power of digital storytelling exposure (compared to information-based approach) with a group-based critical dialogue that harnesses the effectiveness of group dynamics and norms in modifying people’s behaviors and attitudes compared to individual-level interventions.

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Keum, B. T., Nguyen, M. M. G., Ahn, L. H., Wong, M. J., Wong, L. J., & Miller, M. J. (2024). Fostering Asian American Emerging Adults’ Advocacy Against Anti-Black Racism Through Digital Storytelling. The Counseling Psychologist, 52(4), 581-613. https://doi.org/10.1177/00110000241227994

Keum, B. T., Wong, L. J., Tran, E., Nguyen, M. M. G., & Zhu, C. (2024). Parents’ anti‐Black messages, empathic reactions toward racism, fear of Black individuals, and perceived ability to engage in anti‐racism advocacy among Asian American emerging adults. Family Process. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.13062

Keum, B.T., & Ogrodniczuk, J.S., (2023). The Role of First-person Depression Storytelling Online Video on Men’s Self-Stigma of Seeking Help, Traditional Masculinity Ideology, and Psychological Help-seeking Attitudes. Journal of Men’s Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/10608265221108511

Keum BT, Hearns M, Agarwal P, Nguyen M. Online digital storytelling video on promoting men’s intentions to seek counselling for depression: The role of empathy. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 2022;68(7):1363-1372. doi:10.1177/00207640211023532