Our Climate Voices and Loam organized Community Call-In: Storytelling to Reimagine & Regenerate, a nationwide workshop series to inspire creative climate storytelling and impactful climate action.
The official event was held in San Francisco at The Ruby SF, and there were sister events in other cities around the world!
This immersive event comprised an afternoon workshop on how to cultivate your personal climate story and practice ethical storytelling followed by an evening story share in service of collective climate action.
Workshop (1pm to 3:30 PM)
Guided by Earth Is 'Ohana Founder and climate activist Kailea Frederick and queer climate justice advocate and OCV Executive Director, Aletta Brady, this workshop with help participants (1) learn how to craft their climate stories, and (2) embody ethical storytelling.
Story Share (5:30 PM to 7:30 PM)
During our evening story share, urban geographer and inclusive climate justice advocate Teju Adisa-Farrar, and filmmaker and photojournalist Michael Estrada of Brown Environmentalist, shared their personal climate stories. Braiding together insight on collective action with tangible tools for creating narratives that inspire change, this story share was a special opportunity to learn from young climate activists about what ethical storytelling looks like in practice.
In the face of staggering social injustice and climate chaos, cultivating resilience in ourselves and in our communities is a necessary skill. Community Call-In: Storytelling to Reimagine & Regenerate connected participants with the skills, in-person community connections, and storytelling experience to be powerful agents for change. We're so thrilled we had the chance to learn, grow, and share with you all!
Our Sister Events
Take a look at the map below to view a climate storytelling event that happened near you!
About Loam, our co-organizer:
Loam is a movement of compassionate and creative activists who strive to support one another as we find our footing in the heart of the climate crisis. Our community is passionate about seeding regeneration, resilience, and joy through embodied experiences that inspire the cultivation of sustainable activist practices, foster intersectionality across movements, and help each one of us to heal our connection to our earth.