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The Narrative 4 Story Exchange: Building Empathy & Bridging Divides

118A, Pennsylvania Convention Center, 100 Level
Thursday, March 24, 2022
10:35 am to 11:50 am

 

How can we move from discord to understanding and positive action? What practices can we use to scaffold students towards high-level thinking and SEL skills? Listening and retelling someone else's story can be a powerful first step.The Narrative 4 (N4) Story Exchange is an authentic process designed to bridge difference. Through the lens of an N4 artist, educator, and student, this panel will explore practical applications of the Story Exchange in classrooms and communities.



Outline & Supplemental Documents

Event Outline: The_Narrative_4_Story_Exchange_AWP_Event_Outline.pdf
Supplemental Document 1: Narrative_4_at_AWP_2022.pdf

Participants

Moderator:

Felice Belle is a lecturer at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York, and director of communications for the global nonprofit Narrative 4. As a poet and playwright, she has performed at the Apollo Theater, Joe’s Pub, and TEDWomen. Her poetry collection, Viscera, is forthcoming.

Lee Keylock is N4's director of global programs and training and leads the professional development strategy and implementation for N4 educators globally. Lee immigrated to the US from Britain and taught English in Newtown High School, Connecticut. He also taught creative writing at Southern Connecticut State University

Alondra Marmolejos became involved with Narrative 4 in 2013 while she was a junior at Newtown High School in Newtown, Connecticut. Within the last seven-plus years she transformed from a student ambassador to a facilitator, master practitioner, intern, and now N4’s programs assistant.

Rob Spillman is an editor at Pioneer Works. He cofounded and edited Tin House from 1999-2019. He is the recipient of the PEN/Nora Magid Award for Editing; the VIDO Award, presented by VIDA: Women in Literary Arts; and the CLMP Energizer Award for Acts of Outstanding Literary Citizenship.

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