Mining the Gold in Our Memory Tales

with Marni Gillard, storyteller and workshop presenter
extraordinaire.

 Sunday, September 17th, 7-9 pm

at Christ Episcopal Church, 20 Carroll St, Poughkeespie

 This program is free and open to the community. For more information, contact the Dutchess County Interfaith Council at office@dutchesscountyinterfaith.org or find us on Facebook.

Inside EVERYONE is an eager storyteller. As children, we shout our early stories to nearby adults with the declarations of “Fall down- go boom” or “Car go Vroom” with glee and conviction. As adults, we sometimes forget that our stories still matter, forget that by speaking we make meaning from our experience.

This workshop is about honoring the inner wisdom of experience and memory. Memories offer lessons and insights. When we tell our stories, we see them with new eyes.”

Marni Gillard will take us through a series of activities and promises that “a memory will rise to be TOLD, and it will offer you a treasure to further examine.”

Marni Gillard is a full-time teaching artist who has long been involved in interfaith storytelling and coached youth tellers for “Children at the Well: Youth Tellers for Peace and Understanding.  

http://www.childrenatthewell.org

She is the author of Storyteller, Storyteacher: The Power of Storytelling for Teaching and Living which won the 1998 Ann Izard Storyteller's Choice Award for storytelling resources.

Besides life-storytelling, she enjoys retrieving tales from scripture, folktales, movies, poetry and songs. In October, Marni will co-lead a class in bibliodrama with John Courtney at the Consultation Center in Albany, NY. 

Reach Marni at www.marnigillard.com