Update on “Getting Under Your Skin” (her) Voice Project

This is an update from my March 4 post available here.
I want to take a moment, before this performance, to thank all of the folks at LaGuardia’s Veterans Upward Bound program for their generosity, talent, and willingness to take a leap of faith with this creative project.
To those taking part in our writing group—it has been inspiring to watch such a diverse, vibrant group of people, who may never have otherwise met, forge deeply personal bonds through sharing individual stories. The creative work that this group has produced is a testament to how empowering our stories can be, in spreading awareness, spurring empathy, and giving often ignored voices the chance to be heard. All we need are more rooms like the one we have met in these past weeks, so that this kind of dynamic sharing can take place on an even larger scale. Stories overpower the fracturing limitations of our society’s social, economic, and racial disparity. The stories are within all of us, ready and waiting. With greater resources, we can open more doors to rooms in which groups like ours can flourish. Everyone should have access to rooms in which revolutionary sharing can take place. As we take our collective work to an audience for the first time, I’d like to thank our participants for their strength in sharing their most private stories. Out of isolation and otherness, we’ve created a rich, fertile collective whose voices will be heard.

Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - April 21, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Women Veterans Source Type: blogs