Bethesda Maryland, April 2, 2024. Amid the buzz of voices in the expansive lobby at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, people embrace in reunion. The space is filled with volunteers, sponsors, active military personnel, former patients, families, and artists coming together.
Emmett Furey, writer, designer, and transmedia producer, is the author of Narrative Evolution, a series about the evolution, semantics, and the discourse of narrative. http://emmettfurey.com/. Michelle Pauls and Tony Errichetti join him in the conversation about how participatory storytelling works to involve participants in the creation of live, interactive narratives. Follow the Narrative Evolution series on Narrative Mindworks.
Before Courtni Jeffers came to the University of New England (UNE) in Portland, Maine as an educator and doctoral candidate, she’s trailblazed an impressive career inspiring community health and wellbeing. Her heartfelt approach: Helping communities restore, build and channel their power.
In this latest in the Narrative Mindworks series Poets Reading Poems by Other Poets, Michelle Pauls reads a poem by her late husband and artistic collaborator Stan Heleva.
One evening a week, Sarah Wittmeyer has been gathering with a group of women at Highland Avenue of the Brethren Church in Elgin, IL to share stories—of becoming, of growing into who they are, of weighing challenges, or just sharing a bit about themselves.
The Northwest Narrative Medicine Consortium is offering a three-part writing workshop on April 13, 20, and 27 called "Writing Hard Stories: A Writing Workshop" with Narrative Mindworks Member Melanie Brooks.
