Storytelling With Chrysalis

Guided by our values of accessibility, belonging, connection, collaboration, diversity, equity, and inclusion, the 4th Annual Shared Threads: Stories that Weave Us Together aims to give community members with lived experience the opportunity to amplify their voices as they share their unique and poignant stories of resilience.

During the month prior to Shared Threads, Chrysalis invites 12-18 of its service participants, staff, board members, and broader community supporters to sharpen their storytelling skills by participating in a three-part workshop series with Jen Rubin and Takeyla Benton from Inside Stories Podcast and The Moth Madison StorySLAM. In addition, storytellers receive support from two of Chrysalis’ Certified Peer Specialists throughout the workshop series and during the event. 8-10 workshop participants are then selected and paid a stipend to share their stories at the in-person storytelling event.

We know that sharing stories of lived experience is not only powerful but more needed now than ever, as mental health and substance use challenges continue to rise. The art and magic of storytelling hold the power to connect us on a deeper level and foster individual healing that will reverberate positively throughout our collective community.

Your support, whether monetary or joining us on the day of, will not only uplift Chrysalis in its greater mission to promote hope, healing and wellness, but will directly empower our courageous storytellers.

For more information, please reach out to Imani G. Jackson at jackson@workwithchrysalis.org

Shared Threads

By Chrysalis Inc

Shared Threads

Stories That Weave Us Together