STRONGER STRONGER STORM STORM
Together for Safer, Healthier Communities
Stronger Than the Storm
Written and developed by Evanne Katasse-Roberts in collaboration with Tlingit & Haida and the Juneau T&H Community Council.
Illustrations by Kari Benolken & Sydney Hulstine.
YOUNG RAVEN WALKS TO SCHOOL, WITH A SHADOW TRAILING CLOSE BEHIND HER...
RAVEN‘S BEST FRIEND, TY, GREETS HER.
HE NOTICES RAVEN’S MOOD BUT CANNOT SEE THE DARK SHADOW BEHIND HER.
y, give her - looks like e needs it.
e - this will p you forget everything.
THE TEENS TAKE NOTE OF RAVEN’S MOOD. TY STOPS RAVEN.
That stuff messes people up.
TEENS LEAVE.
RAVEN THINKS ABOUT WHAT TY IS SAYING. mon’s go.
AS THE SHADOW FADES...
Even ONE pill can have fen
People overdose because they never know what’s
didn’t now it as that serious...
RAVEN WALKS ALONE.
THE SHADOW RETURNS...
RAVEN IS HAUNTED BY HER PAINFUL MEMORIES AND LIFE AT HOME.
TRAUMA ISN’T ALWAYS LOUD. SOMETIMES IT’S QUIET... AND HEAVY.
You can’t handle life...You need an escape.
RAVEN HEADS INSIDE THE COMMUNITY HALL.
THE SHADOW FADES AGAIN AS RAVEN MAKES HER WAY OVER TO AUNTIE WILLOW. WILLOW ALWAYS KNOWS
You look like someone carrying a storm.
orms test us but they also grow our roots. You’re stronger than you think.
You can always talk to someone you trust, move your body, practice your culture...
Even being outside can help you heal and ease the storms.
nd every time you choose healing over hiding, your shadow gets smaller.
Gunalchéesh, Háw’aa
(Thank You) to Tlingit & Haida, Juneau T&H Community Council, and Tlingit & Haida’s Public Safety Department for bringing this story to life.
