Players think of a story and pitch it to the group by sharing three key words related to it. Competitive StorySLAM: The host pulls a card at random then reads the theme and prompts.Best in Show: Teams of two swap stories based on a card theme and prompts, then decide which story to share with the larger group.Getting to Know You: Each player gets a card and shares a story based on their card’s theme and prompts.All In: Pull a card and ask everyone at the table to share a story based on the theme and prompts.Over 300 additional prompts offer riffs on the themes to spark your stories. A Game of Storytelling features 100 themes, including Love Hurts, Mama Rules, Busted, Fuel to the Fire, Lifelines, Hot Mess, Chemistry, Duped, and many more. Since 1997, The Moth has engaged thousands of fans through their celebrated live shows, workshops, and The Moth Radio Hour and The Moth Podcast. Settlement funds will also pay for the strategic plan developed by whomever the governing bodies approve.About The Moth Presents: A Game of Storytellingįrom the storytelling experts at The Moth, an interactive card deck that uses true stories to encourage lively conversations, spark creativity, and improve your public speaking abilities. The spectrometer helps the center test substances that end up there. The county also paid $315,000 for a new mass spectrometer for the Regional Forensic Science Center. The county has also spent part of its funds on helping the MHSAC operate and an awareness campaign for youth. The city and county have both already distributed some of their funds from settlement money received so far.įor the city, most of those funds have gone to the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Coalition (MHSAC) and to Safe Streets to allow them to distribute naloxone kits in overdose hotspots. “But the plan is to go before the city and having worked with Tim at the county, I would assume the same is to have an open and transparent process.” “I don't want to commit to a process that we haven't designed yet,” Martin said. The city and county wouldn’t commit to publicly reporting how the funds will specifically be used, but said they will be transparent in how the funds are distributed by making all disbursements be approved by the governing bodies. That’s almost double the 583 deaths in Johnson County during the same time period. Between 20, 1,023 people died in the county. Sedgwick County is disproportionately affected by the opioid crisis. “We got some work to do before we get to that point,” Assistant City Manager Donte Martin said. Wichita and Sedgwick County are the first to do so.Īctually getting the combined funds into the hands of community groups that are combating the opioid crisis is still a ways off. The act also allows for the pooling together of funds by city and counties in the state. In the Kansas Fights Addiction Act, the use of the funds are outlined for prevention, reduction, treatment and mitigation of the effects of substance misuse and addiction. “From my perspective, some needs to go for prevention, some needs to go for intervention what's the right ratio? Is it smart to spend on both? Those are the kinds of questions that we hope to get some help and guidance with through the strategic plan.”Īpplicant proposals are due by early September, and the city said it hopes to have a bid approved by the council and commission by October. “I think one of the things that we hoped for out of this strategic plan is some advice on how do we focus our expenditures?” Kaufman said.
In the proposal, the city said the governing bodies are looking for an applicant that has knowledge of best practices in addressing substance use issues, public sector planning, as well as knowing the challenges in addressing addiction in urban and rural communities.
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