An International Day for Sharing Life Stories has been set for May 16, 2008. The day will be an opportunity for people around the world to gather in community halls, classrooms, public parks, theaters, auditoriums, as well websites, email exchanges, and virtual environments to hear each other’s stories.
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More from the sponsors of International Day for Sharing Life Stories:
We are part of an international movement of practitioners who view listening, collecting and sharing life stories as a critical process in democratizing culture and promoting social change. We want this day to be especially dedicated to celebrating and promoting Life Story projects that have made a difference within neighborhoods, communities, and societies as a whole. We have written to you because we feel you share this commitment.
We will encourage participation in the day through many possible events, including:
• Story Circles in people’s homes, at workplaces, schools, community centers, virtual environments
• Public open microphone performances of stories
• Exhibitions of Stories in public venues, as image, text, and audio-visual materials
• Celebratory events to honor local storytellers, practitioners and organizations
• Open houses for organizations with a life story sharing component
• Online simultaneous gatherings, postings, and story exchanges
• Print, Radio and Television broadcast programming on life stories, and documentaries that feature oral histories and story exchanges
To facilitate this process our two organizations will act as the coordination body for compiling a worldwide calendar of events for the day, and over the entire May 16-18 weekend. Calendar listings will appear, along with a map of the participating organizations, on a special website dedicated to the day.
Your personal or organizational endorsement will be used by our two organizations to help build support for our organizing efforts in the coming months. We encourage you to begin to think of how you and your organization could participate on the day, however your commitment to participate is not required at this time. If you support this idea, please let us know, by emailing us at internacional@museudapessoa.net.