Wed June 12 - 2:30 PM
Level Forward’s Storytelling for Social Good Workshop
Free Talks
| 60 MINUTESExpressions of Black Freedom
Level Forward's Storytelling for Social Good workshop is a guided storytelling experience for the future of narrative change, crafted to empower folks from all industries to see themselves as storytellers, and ready you to harness the power of storytelling for social good.
In this interactive workshop co-created & facilitated by Andrea Ambam (Level Forward) and Dria Brown (Broadway Advocacy Coalition), participants will embark on a high-energy guided journey filled with prompts and provocations that provide practical skills for the storytellers wondering what they can do to use their tools and expertise for maximum social good. Using Tribeca 2024 selections as creative activation, participants will learn and then apply the unique SFSG framework to generate new stories and hone existing ones with the power for impact. Ultimately, Storytelling for Social Good asks us all to consider: What is my responsibility as a culture-maker with the power to shape and tell stories? How can my messaging reshape the status quo? And most importantly, how many untold, liberatory stories emerge when we all commit to storytelling for social good?
Moderator: Andrea Ambam
Panelists
Andrea Ambam
Andrea Ambam is a performance artist and writer whose roots sprout from Cameroon. As a politically-engaged storyteller, Andrea puts narrative to use, creating theatrical experiences that worldbend and record truth. Currently, Andrea is a New York Theatre Workshop 2050 Artistic Fellow and the Programming Manager at Level Forward, where she hosts the Anthem Award-winning podcast More To Talk About. She has developed her multi-hyphenated practice as a 2022-2023 Playwrights Realm Writing Fellow, a Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX) Artist-In-Residence, an Artistic Fellow with Signature Theatre, a Writing As Activism Fellow with PEN America, an Artivism Fellow with Broadway Advocacy Coalition (BAC), an Artist-in-Residence for Anna Deavere Smith, an EmergeNYC Fellow, and as a competitive public speaker/performer where she was awarded "Top Speaker in the Nation'' three times. Andrea lives in Brooklyn and has a Master’s in Art & Public Policy from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. www.andreaambam.com
Dria Brown
Dria Brown is an art Doula (creative producer, facilitator, artist) from South Carolina, living and working in Lenapehoking (Brooklyn). Dria’s multi-hyphenate practices center the lush and freedom-filled possibilities that exist in a world where all Black people, and specifically Black women and femmes are centered and cared for. Dria is currently the Co-Director of Programming at the Tony award-winning arts advocacy non-profit, Broadway Advocacy Coalition, a Theater of Change Facilitator at Columbia Law School, the Senior Creative Producer of Britton & The Sting - a funk liberation band based in NYC and a Creative Producer on a new Terence Nance project premiering at The Whitney Museum in the fall. Dria finds sanctuary in culinary food rituals that nourish her loved ones and lives with her co-dependent dog daughter Mooriah Carey in Crown Heights.
Kelly Yu
Kelly Yu is a Swedish-born, New Orleans raised, Chinese-American writer and director. Her work is driven by a deep fascination with finding humanity in the absurd, often through an "east-meets-west" lens. Her first short film PLUM TOWN screened at film festivals around the world, garnering multiple jury awards and awarding her the NFFTY New Talent Award for 'Best Director Under 25.' Her most recent short film ENDLING was executive produced by Emmy award winning actress Lena Waithe under the Indeed Rising Voices fellowship and is set to premiere at Tribeca June 2024. Kelly holds a B.F.A from the USC School of Cinematic Arts and is based in LA currently developing ENDLING into a feature film.
* Rush Tickets available at venue except for
Beacon Theatre
Beacon Theatre
Rush will be offered when advanced tickets for a screening or event are no longer available at venues
other than Beacon Theatre.
The Rush system functions as a standby line that will form at the venue approximately one hour prior to scheduled start time. Admittance is based on availability and will begin roughly 10 minutes prior to program start time. Rush Tickets are the same price as advance tickets and are payable upon entry.
The Rush system functions as a standby line that will form at the venue approximately one hour prior to scheduled start time. Admittance is based on availability and will begin roughly 10 minutes prior to program start time. Rush Tickets are the same price as advance tickets and are payable upon entry.
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