Our Words, Our Truths: Storytelling for Collective Identity and Community

Schedule

Sun Jan 12 2025 at 03:00 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

1066 W Granville Ave | Chicago, IL

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Ada Cheng maps out her journey as an Asian American immigrant and aims to provide community builders impactful storytelling skills.
About this Event

The workshop includes the following components:

  • Why is storytelling important to our understanding of personal and collective experiences?
  • How can we use personal stories to critically reflect urgent social issues of our time, such as racism, xenophobia, gender-based violence, etc.?
  • What does community-based storytelling mean? How do we use personal storytelling for collective identity formation and community engagement?
  • How can we strategically use storytelling to address the issue of equity, beyond diversity and inclusion?

    Hosted by Company Of Folk
    Made possibly by grant funding from Illinois Humanities' Road Scholar Program
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Where is it happening?

1066 W Granville Ave, 1066 West Granville Avenue, Chicago, United States

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The World Music Foundation

Host or Publisher The World Music Foundation

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