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

Event Date: Sunday, January 12, 2025 · 3 - 4pm CST

Ada Cheng maps out her journey as an Asian American immigrant and aims to provide community builders impactful storytelling skills. 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?
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Hosted by Company Of Folk
Made possibly by grant funding from Illinois Humanities' Road Scholar Program

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