For three decades, I've taught storytelling—first to non-profit leaders and college students in Boston, now to women of color in New Bedford. In both cities, I've worked with Vietnamese, African-American, Japanese-American, Cape Verdean, Latino, and other multicultural people carrying stories about cultural identity, family heritage, and lived experience.
Why Change Focus: there are few spaces in this country where women of color can develop their creative voices with culturally competent coaching and see their work professionally published. The publishing industry erases them. The media gatekeeps them. Their stories disappear. This becomes a triple threat losing ground with ancestral connections because women are the teachers of their cultures.
The Solution: I created the Multicultural Women Writers Salon and Journal series to change that. Since 2019, I've been helping women transform their stories into professionally published work that gets placed in the national historic archive. These beautiful journals, both online and in print, can be ordered to share with family, friends, and community. |
