Ada Cheng

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

This eclectic presentation will map out my own journey as an Asian American and immigrant storyteller and delineate how my personal stories reflect and mirror the urgent social concerns of our time. It also includes my experiences as a storytelling producer, who engages in community-based storytelling. This workshop aims to provide community builders with the foundational skill set to build intimate communities through storytelling.

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?

Program Logistics

The presentation takes approximately 45 minutes, with extra time at the end for Q&A, making it approximately one hour. No equipment is necessary.

我们的话语，我们的真理：

讲故事以实现集体身份和社区参与

这个不拘一格的演讲将勾勒出我作为一名亚裔美国人和移民故事讲述者的旅程，并描述我的个人故事如何反映和反映我们这个时代紧迫的社会问题。它还包括我作为讲故事制作人的经历，从事基于社区的讲故事。本研讨会旨在为社区建设者提供通过讲故事建立亲密社区的基本技能。

研讨会包括以下组成部分：

为什么讲故事对于我们理解个人和集体经历很重要？

我们如何利用个人故事批判性地反映我们这个时代紧迫的社会问题，例如种族主义、仇外心理、性别暴力等？

基于社区的故事讲述意味着什么？我们如何利用个人故事讲述来形成集体身份和社区参与？

除了多样性和包容性之外，我们如何战略性地利用讲故事来解决公平问题？

项目物流

演示大约需要 45 分钟，最后还有额外的问答时间.

总共大约一小时。不需要任何设备。