Conference Opportunity
April 12, Storytelling for Children Conference at Keene State College: Why are Stories Powerful? Family Stories and Early Education
Note: Conference has a focus for Early Childhood as well as one for the deaf community, interpreters will be signing.
Keynote: Laura Simms - Laura will explore the power of narrative to heal and transform us all. Telling her own inspiring family story about her son, Ishmael Beah (author of A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Child Soldier), Laura will help us understand the process of reciprocal listening and how it empowers our youth to strengthen their lives. Also choice of 2 workshops + storytelling session featuring the day's speakers. Reasonable price and student discount.
Workshops:
Laura Simms: Making Fairy Tales with Children: Finding the Hidden Story
K. R. Glickman and Tony Toledo: Unseen Borders: Stories in Sign and Voice
Norah Dooley : Story Bridges: Story, Community, and Cross-Cultural Communication
Motoko : Bodystories: Mime and Movement for Storytellers
K. R. Glickman : Signing Your Life Away! Sharing Your Story the Deaf Way
John Porcino: the Magic of Storytelling to Preschoolers
Tony Toledo: Learning How to Tell a Story
$90 covers all of the day's events. $45.00 for students.
event website: www.keene.edu/events/storytelling
contact: phone: 413 398 4484 email: mary.maysharkstavely@gmail.com
