Dedicated to the voices of women, silenced and unsung, or just coming into being . . .
“We all know our stories, but it is the act of shaping them that teaches us our journeys.” These are the words of Herstory’s founder and artistic director Erika Duncan, who pioneered an approach to memoir writing that over the past 13 years has touched over 2,000 lives.
Whether we are beginners or seasoned writers, we work with the belief that writing at its best can conquer oppression; indeed it can change hearts and lives. As each writer finds a way to recapture her memories so that others can walk in her shoes, she reaches the hearts of those who have helped her craft her story, and barriers that so often divide us begin to dissolve. Week by week and chapter by chapter, what was relegated to silence begins to be heard. Sometimes the result is deep bonding. Sometimes it is individual healing. But always the writing grows more powerful as blocks are overcome and larger structures are sighted. Click for more.

Save the Date
Herstory Writers Workshop
14th Anniversary
Gala Celebration
Exciting new format
demonstration of the Herstory method, partner gallery, reading and buffet
For additional details, click here
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Sunday, October 17, 2010
12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
The Charles B. Wang Center of Stony Brook University
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Honoring Long Island Center for Nonprofit Leadership at Adelphi University and its director Ann Marie Thigpen |
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