The fourth and final COR JustStories Festival entitlled GO MAKE A DIFFERENCE celebrated in storytelling, song and music people and groups who have taken a stand againstinjustice and made a difference.

Storyteller SUSAN O'HALLORAN, who hosted the Festival, told her story about not just an individual, or a group, but an entire town that stood up for justice. The story was about the town of Oberlin, Ohio in 1850.
It was an account about courage, taking a stand, of inspiration and hope --- and a story that held a challenge for high school students today.

ZAHRA BAKER and her musical ensemble Mystical Rising Circles used story and song to celebrate the stand for justice by African Americans during the "Blood Summer" of 1873. Zahra Baker used her childhood town of Colfax, Louisiana as the setting that brings alive the triumphs and tragedies of the reconstruction Period following the Civil War. This
too was a story of struggle, seeking justice and new beginnings -- and a story that challenges high school studenst to make a difference today.

ANTONIO SACRE presented an insightful and entertaining story on the life of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers' Movement. Through a series of small choices made over the years, Cesar Chavez was able to make a difference first in his own situation, and then in the lives of tens of thousamnds of farm workers across the U.S. Antonio questions and then affirmed that one person can make a difference -- whoever that person is according to their gifts.

Following the Storytelling Performance the 200 student-participants present gathered in break-out sessions in smaller groups to review, reflect and discuss what the stories pointed to in their present
everyday lives.

There were over 200 high school students present for this COR Festival from 11 high schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago.