Dare to Connect!: Storytelling Workshop & Open Mic with Ada Cheng

Name: Dare to Connect!: Storytelling Workshop & Open Mic with Ada Cheng
Start: 2025-03-19T13:20:00-05:00
End: 2025-03-19T14:20:00-05:00
Location: Dorothy Goff Fisch Recital Hall

by Office of Community Culture

Workshop

Back to Carroll University Ethos Symposium

Wed, Mar 19, 2025

1:20 PM – 2:20 PM CDT (GMT-5)

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Dorothy Goff Fisch Recital Hall

218 N. East Ave, Waukesha, WI 53186, United States

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Do you want to tell stories to create genuine connections and build intimate communities? In this session, Dr. Cheng will first hold a mini workshop discussing central tenets of storytelling. Participants will learn general tips on how to craft and tell stories. She will then give participants some time to create a story based on the lessons they have learned. After the workshop, she will host an open mic for participants to share their stories.

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Ada Chang

Professor and Artist

Dominican University

An educator-turned storyteller, creator, and producer, Dr. Ada Cheng has utilized storytelling to illustrate structural inequities, raise critical awareness, and build intimate communities. Committed to amplifying and uplifting marginalized voices, she has created numerous storytelling platforms for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ community members to tell difficult and vulnerable stories. Dr. Cheng has been a speaker for Illinois Humanities Road Scholars Speakers Bureau since 2019. She was named 2023-24 Lund-Gill Endowed Chair at Dominican University. She was one of the Illinois Humanities Public Humanities Award honorees in 2024. Her interests encompass academia, storytelling/performance, and advocacy

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