Bend in the Wind: A Collection of Nature Fables

Ever wonder why a gaggle of Duke Marine Lab folks would write stories about resilience?This story begins during the fall of 2020 when our after-school outreach collaborators at the local Boys and Girls club told us that COVID had rearranged their priorities: "We don't care about science outreach in afterschool programming right now. Our kids are suffering and just need mentors who can connect with them and talk to them. Can your Duke students help?" I knew our volunteer marine lab students could help. But I also knew I needed help to train our students to be more than just science educators: they needed to learn how to be mentors too.So, I reached out to the wonderful Dr. Patrick Jeffs (CEO of the Resiliency Solution) and together we developed a Resilient Mentor training program called Ready, Set, Resiliency. As part of the resilient mentor training program, we created an assignment where we challenged the Duke students to find examples in nature that highlighted the roots of personal