Bouncing back. Recovering. Getting help and getting on with it.
The Storytellers Project will celebrate resiliency in all of its forms during a show on June 11 from the USA TODAY Network.
“For so many reasons, now feels like a time when we could use stories of meaningful resilience in the face of adversity of all kinds,” said Megan Finnerty, founder and director of the Storytellers Project. “We are so fortunate to have storytellers willing to be vulnerable, and honest.”
The USA TODAY Network's Storytellers Project will stream the show, part of its virtual season, at 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 11.
The series, called “LIVE, In Your House," has been drawing hundreds of thousands of views since debuting April 2, when the COVID-19 pandemic started closing down venues where in-person shows had been held across the country. Shows are now streamed on the Storytellers Project’s Facebook page (facebook.com/USATODAYStorytellersProject) and YouTube channel (https://bit.ly/StorytellersProjectYT).
The 'Resiliency' show will feature one of the Storytellers Project’s youngest tellers, 14-year-old Jack Florez of Phoenix, who will share a story about his life with cerebral palsy. He says the message in his story is simple.
“Honestly, just to never give up and keep trying,” he said. “Even though times can be tough, especially right now, power through life and try to keep a positive outlook.”
Poet Joy Young, also of Phoenix, has a story about both coming out to their family as gay and grief after the death of their grandmother.
“I love storytelling,” Young said. “It helps us remember the thread of humanity that connects us; it helps marginalized people fight against the ways in which we are often portrayed as less than others; it helps us illuminate the ways hatred and oppression show up in our lives as well as the ways we love and experience joy.”
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Both storytellers Manny Sepulveda, 75, of La Quinta, California, and Ryan Kitchell, 40, of Tempe, said they like the idea of virtual shows. Not only is there the potential to reach more people with a story, but it’s the safest way of connecting during the pandemic.
“I agreed to this particular format because conditions dictate responsible people stay home,” said Sepulveda, a retiree, “and this is a way of letting people spend an hour or so of not thinking about our Coronavirus pandemic, but also listening to true stories that have shaped other people's lives, and how we got through some moments that gave us pause or gave us a barrier to overcome.”
Kitchell, a Navy veteran and small-business owner, said he hopes the story of his journey through post-traumatic stress disorder after documenting war, and the years of therapy it took to get through it, will resonate.
“Help will not fall in your lap, unfortunately,” he said.
His advice: “Become your own biggest and loudest advocate.”
Viewers can mark their calendars, set an alarm or put a note on their refrigerators, and then tune in to Storytellers Project 's YouTube or Facebook page to watch and comment live.
The line-up June 11
- Jack Florez, 14, of Phoenix, Arizona.
- Ryan Kitchell, 40, of Tempe, Arizona.
- Manny Sepulveda, 75, of La Quinta, California.
- Joy E. Young, 35, of Phoenix, Arizona.
- Brad Schmitt, 54, of Nashville, Tennessee.
Need to know
- What: Storytellers Project LIVE, In Your House, "Resiliency"
- When: 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 11
- Where: Storytellers Project Facebook and YouTube
- More: Check out the Storytellers Project's podcast
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