WHAT WE'RE CELEBRATING: The power of our narratives...
As some of our staff celebrate the 4th of July weekend here in the United States, we're feasting on food for thought — words of wisdom from a few of our 2019 Narrative 4 Global Summit attendees, alongside images by Karlas Powell and Elizabeth Eagle.
"The story exchange format, which Narrative 4 espouses, is so brilliant. The fact that someone can actually empathize with you and understand what drives you makes it a whole lot easier for you to push [your] ideals forward. It's the simplicity of the story exchange format that confounds me with Narrative 4. It's so effective ... you wonder why it [wasn't] put into practice a long time ago."
—Buchi Onyegbule, Nigerian Radio Personality and Abuja Literary and Arts Festival Director
“To bear witness is not a passive act, but an act of conscience and consciousness.”
—Terry Tempest Williams, Author, Activist, and N4 Founding Member
"Narrative 4 makes humans human again."
— Uri, N4 Student Ambassador from Israel
“Narrative 4 gave me the power and encouragement to look at every person’s whole story rather than just the page they were open to when I met them.”
—Madison W., N4 Student from Pittsburgh, PA
"We experience ourselves through other people making our strings vibrate."
—Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Musician and N4 Ireland Artist and Board Member
"The one true democracy we have is storytelling. It goes across borders, boundaries, genders, wealth, race—everyone has a story to tell."
—Colum McCann, Author and N4 Cofounder/President
