TO MY FIRST DIGITAL STORY TELLING WORK SHOP
AND ALJENADRO IS HERE WITH ME TODAY TO TALK
ABOUT OUR JOURNEY AS FACILITATORS
WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU FIRST JOINED THE WORKSHOP ?
>>>I THOUGHT IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE
CAUSE WHEN I STARTED LIKE UMM THIS IS A SUMMER INTERNSHIP
BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE IT WILL TAKE YOU AND UM
WHAT LIKE SIX YEARS IN NOW I STARTED OFF
WITH LEARNING THE PROCESS BECAUSE I HAD TO CREATE MY OWN
AND NOW IM HERE FACILITATING AND TEACHING PEOPLE
HOW TO CREATE THEIR OWN STORIES
>>> I THINK BACK AND ONE OF MY MOST AMAZING EXPERIENCES
IS CHICAGO
>>> RIGHT - OH MAN THAT WAS OUR FIRST TIME EVER
GETTING TO TRAVEL AND WE GOT TO MEET KIDS
FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WE ALSO GOT TO BE REALLY CREATIVE
BECAUSE WE WERE IN ANEW PLACE WE NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE
SO EVERYTHING WAS JUST NEW FROM THE FIELD TRIPS TO THE KIDS
WE GOT TO WORK WITH
>>> AND I THINK EVEN LIVING WITH THEM
YOU KNOW USUALLY YOU DO A WORK SHOP AND IT'S A COUPLE OF HOURS
AND THEN YOU GO HOME
BUT THIS ONE WE WERE WITH THEM THE WHOLE TIME
>>>WE GOT TO KNOW THEM LIKE ON A PERSONAL LEVEL
SO IT WASN'T JUST 24 HOURS IT WAS 24 7 FOR WHAT TWO WEEKS
>>>YEA EVEN TRAVELING BRINGING ALL THE EQUIPMENT
ON A AIR PLANE
WHICH WE WERENT USE TO WAS INTERESTING TOO
SO LETS TAKE A LOOK AT ONE OF MY FAVORITE STORIES
FROM THAT WORK SHOP IN CHICAGO
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>>>HE APPROCHED ME OUT OF ANGER
I KNEW IT WAS ANGER TOO CLOSE BACK UP HE IS WAY TOO CLOSE
I HIT HIM IN THE JAW I DIDN'T STOP
I WAS SCARED TEARS BEGAN TO FLOW I COULDN'T STOP
I WOULDN'T ALLOW HIM TOO I COULDN'T ALLOW HIM TOO
BECAUSE IT WAS MY BIGGEST FEAR I BEGAN TO REMEMEBER
BIG HOME NICE CARS PERFECT FAMILY THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE SAW
ON THE OUTSIDE BUT THAT'S NOT THE TRUTH SEE
HE BEAT HER EVERY SINGLE DAY HE WAS THE MAN OF THE HOUSEHOLD
HE STAYED HOSPITAL VISIT AFTER HOSPITAL VISIT SHE STAYED
BECAUSE SHE HAD THE MINDSET THAT SHE DESERVED IT
SHE WAS HIS SHE WAS THE SUBMISSIVE
SHE DIDN'T HAVE A JOB HE DID SO WHO WOULD TAKE CARE OF HE KIDS
SO SHE STAYED SHE COVERED THE SCARS WITH MAKE UP
AND TOLD ME IT WAS OKAY THEN SHE REALIZED
WHAT IT HAD DONE TO ME HOW IT CHANGED ME IT EFFECTED ME
IAM YOUNG BUT I AM NOT MEAN I AM NOT EVIL
IAM NOT POWERLESS I DEFINITELY KNOW I DONOT DESERVE IT
I WILL NOT ALLOW IT IM JUST PROTECTING MYSELF I HAVE TO
>>>SHE WAS SO INCREDIBLY BRAVE TO SHARE THAT STORY A
ND I KNOW AS A FACILITATOR WE ARE COMING INTO THESE SPACES
MEETING THESE PEOPLE FOR THE FIRST TIME
AND WE ARE ASKING THEM TO GET PERSONAL WITH US
>>>KEY IS JUST GETTING THEM COMFORTABLE
AND JUST BEING YOURSELF
AND LIKE ONCE YOU PUT THAT PROMPT OUT THEIR TO THEM
THEIR GONNA TAKE IT AND RUN WITH IT
IF THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH WHOS IN THEIR SURROUNDING
ONCE THEY KNOW THAT THERES NO FAKING IT
TO WHAT WE ARE TELLING THEM
THEY ARE GOING OT BE A OPEN BOOK
AND THEN WE GET LEARN WHO THEY ARE
AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH
>>>AS A FACILITATOR TO I THINK THE CHALLENGE ON OUR END
IS WE NEVER KNOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO ENCOUNTER
WE DON'T KNOW IF THE STORY IS GOING TO BE EMOTIONAL
IF ITS GOING TO BE FUNNY BUT THEN WHEN IT IS EMOTIONAL
WE HAVE THEM TELL US THE STORY FIRST
AND THEN WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT
WHATS THE IMAGES AND THE VIDEOS
THAT'S GOING TO GO WITH THIS
>>>RIGHT AND EVERY EXPERIENCE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT
SO WE WORK WITH KIDS FROM ELEMANTARY SCHOOL
ALL THE WAY TO SENIOR CITIZENS SO YOU NEVER KNOW
YOU JUST HAVE TO GO IN THERE WITH AN OPEN MIND
AND THEN ADJUST AS TIME GOES ON AND WITH THIS STORY
SPECIFICALLY IT WAS LIKE HOW DO YOU TELL THIS STORY
OF SOMETHING SO VIOLENT BUT NOT SHOWING FACES
OR THE PERSON WHO IS TELLING THE STORY IT WAS DIFFCULT
IN SO MANY WAYS BUT IT WAS ALSO SO REWARDING
BECAUSE OF THE FINAL PRODUCT THAT WE GOT
AND SHE USED THIS PIECE FOR HER COLLEGE APPLICATION
WHICH WAS AMAZING I HELPED SOMEONE TELL A STORY
THAT THEY WOULD HAVE PROBBLY NEVER BEEN ABLE TO TELL
>>>IN CHICAGO WE HAD A LOT OF POWERFUL STORIES
AND IT WAS JUST DIFFERENT YOU KNOW
YOU SEE THESE KIDS EVERYDAY
AND THEY ARE LAUGHING AND JOKING
AND THEN THEY SHARE THESE STORIES
AND WEVE ONLY KNOWN THEM FOR SO LONG THAT ALWAYS AMAZES ME
>>>IT DOES ME AS WELL -
I JUST KNOW THAT WITH THOSE KIDS
I BULT A LONG LIFE FRIENDSHIP WITH THEM
AND I STILL SPEAK TO SOME OF THEM TILL THIS DAY
>>>YEA WELL I KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
A LOT OF MORE STORIES TO DO AND WORKSHOP TO DO
SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME TODAY
>>>QUE GUSTO QUE NOS HAYAS ACOMPAÑADO