Program Schedule

We invite you to attend our Long Island Forum to raise your voice through a special story-based strategy for change.  

 

Date: Saturday, November 9th, 2019

Time: 12:30‐6pm

Location: Stony Brook University - Charles B. Wang Center  100 Nicolls Rd. #302 Stony Brook, NY 11794

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12:30pm- Partner Gallery: Mingling and Tabling by our Justice Partners.

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1:15pm- Welcome, Introduction, and Tribute to Marcelo Lucero on the 11th anniversary of his death. 

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1:30pm- Set One Readings: Why We Fight for Justice (featuring readers from Herstory’s school, jail and community workshops)

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2:30pm– Town Hall-Style Story-Shaping Event (Part One) with Audience Participation

• Engaging members of the audience to begin shaping their own stories needing to be told

• Group exercise to be followed by a short networking break with light refreshments

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3pm– Set Two Readings: Understanding the Stakes

• Shifting to cover root causes, childhood memories of injustice

• Building to the Call to Action

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4pm– Town Hall-Style Story-Shaping Event (Part Two) with Audience Participation

• Engaging members of the audience in continuing to shape their stories with a view to action  

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4:30pm–Closing Reading: Re-imagining the American Dream

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4:40pm– Call to Action: How Can We Use the Stories We’ve Heard to Build A Movement for Justice?   

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