Discover The Stories We Tell for yourself. Take Part in our December virtual writing workshop.
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| Discover The Stories We Tell for yourself. Take Part in our December virtual writing workshop. | View this online. |
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Alisa Roadcup, Executive Director of Chicago Refugee Coalition and alum of our inaugural "Stories We Tell'' testimonial writing workshop at the Chicago Cultural Center.
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This was the first time I was ever asked to share my story. We all have our own stories to tell…The dignity and sensitivity with which Clifton and Anne run their testimonial writing workshop and help you share is truly unique.”
— Alisa Roadcup |
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The Stories We Tell, The Voices and Faces Project's two-day testimonial writing program for survivors of gender-based violence and other social injustices, is being offered online December 11 & 12, 2021, with the generous support of the Maanaki Foundation. With a focus on memoir, fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction and spoken word, our award-winning storytelling program isn't just about developing writers. It's about creating community.
During each Stories We Tell workshop a cohort of between 13-15 emerging and established writers and activists come together to read and discuss culture-changing literature and representation… take part in a series of innovative, real time writing exercises … share creative work in moderated, trauma-informed feedback sessions… and strategize on how to use our personal narratives to create political change.
Our Voices and Faces Project writing programs have traveled across the North American and African continents, training almost 1000 writers and activists. The virtual edition of our signature writing program is facilitated by Voices and Faces Project founder Anne K. Ream, the author of Lived Through This, a memoir of her global journey spent listening to survivors of gender-based violence, and taught by novelist and Yale University creative writing instructor R. Clifton Spargo.
Applications due: Wednesday November 24, 2021.
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Past “Joy as an act of resistance,” a virtual book celebration and conversation with: author of “Leaving Breezy Street” Brenda Myers-Powell and Anne K. Ream
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| Special Event: Joy as an Act of Resistance with Anne K. Ream and Brenda Myers-Powell
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Thank you World Without Exploitation for hosting "Joy as an act of resistance" to celebrate a newly released memoir by Brenda Myers-Powell. Leaving Breezy Street is a powerful account of Brenda's life in and journey out of the sex trade, and has been praised by Peabody award-winning journalist Alex Kotlowitz as "Remarkable…Myers-Powell emerges on the other side not only intact but as an inspiration," and hailed by Publisher's Weekly as a "page turner from start to finish."
The conversation between Brenda and Anne K. Ream was filled with moments of laughter and honest vulnerability, as long-time friends that made the audience feel included in their friendship. Brenda and Anne discussed the inspiration for Brenda's new memoir, how our pain can give us purpose, and why joy just might be the ultimate act of resistance. We are grateful to the World Without Exploitation team who played a critical role in the making of this evening.
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November 11, 2021
6:45p - 7:45p CST
Soroptomist International of Chicago:
Voices and Faces founder, Anne K. Ream, shares the latest developments in the fight to end gender-based violence.
Meeting ID: 875 7754 5072
Passcode: 805190
November 13 & 14, 2021
TESTIMONY & TRANSFORMATION:
A writing workshop for returning citizens
Chicago, IL
December 1, 2021
I AM RURAL AMERICA:
A call for poetry submissions
December 11 & 12, 2021
THE STORIES WE TELL:
A virtual writing workshop for survivors and witnesses of gender based violence
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Our stories are our power.
At The Voices and Faces Project we’re using them to create change. |
The Voices and Faces Project is an award-winning non-profit storytelling initiative created to bring the names, faces, and testimonies of survivors of gender-based violence to the attention of the public. Through our educational and advocacy trainings, survivor story archive and signature program, The Stories We Tell — an immersive, two-day testimonial writing workshop for those who have lived through or witnessed gender-based violence or other human rights violations — we seek to change minds, hearts, and public policies through the power of personal testimony. The Voices and Faces Project has been named one of America's Best Charities by the board of Independent Charities of America, and is a registered 501c3 organization.
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