Well, hello!
Here's another dose of info and inspo from Good is Better.
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How are you? seems a rampantly inadequate question for these endless pandemic times, as life continues to be complicated for many, maybe all, of us. So let me sub in another question. It's one we have explored during every single Storytime for the Apocalypse episode, and we'll do so again on September 6. That question is: What's bringing you joy? For me, I'm finding joy in embroidering a microscopic design from Metabolic Studio's Biogeocoenosis series. A tatty old raised relief map of Los Angeles which I was gifted by a neighbor. Video calls with dear friends because either geography or COVID keep on keeping us apart (fully vaxxed but this Delta surge has me worried). And there's joy in the dandelion greens I cooked into horta to eat with feta and a small lake of olive oil. These are some of my simple pleasures. How about you?
In this love note: an invitation to be inspired (at an event that happens in just a few hours...hurry, read on!), another delectable helping of news from LA River X and Storytime for the Apocalypse alums, my job search, and more on the upcoming Storytime for the Apocalypse #16.
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LA River X is currently showcasing the work of four super-talented student photographers who are part of Las Fotos Project, an incredible community nonprofit organization that inspires teenage girls through photography, mentorship, and self-expression. Make sure you're following LA River X and its Spanish language mirror El Río de Los Angeles X to see these wonderful images. And today, at 5 pm Pacific, join Leah Hubbard and Celeste Umana who'll be having an IG Live conversation about all things river, photography, and how it was to represent at the United Nations in New York. To tune in, just be following LA River X and the IG live feed will appear in the stories line up at the top of your screen as soon Leah and Celeste begin. Easy, peasy!
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I am open to new work! My skills are in grants and awards, facilitation, volunteer management, program development, cultural production, research, writing, etc. I've led teams of hundreds of volunteers, designed institution-wide funding schemes, changed the culture of learning and teaching nationally, reflexed roses, created compelling digital storytelling programs, sold artisan chocolates, written a stack of successful grants and supported hundreds of grant and award applicants, co-led the creation of a national COVID-19 memorial, and more. My superpowers are building connections and wrangling the seemingly impossible. You can see more about me here, and I would be eternally grateful for any leads, introductions, job offers, or advice that you send my way.
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You know and love these folks from Storytime and LA River X. Here's some of what they're up to:
- Heather Green from Storytime for the Apocalypse #15 has a new article about hunting tourism and its impacts on First Nations people. You can find your way to it via this NiCHE introduction.
- The Friday Minute continues to comfort with a collective minute of silence live on Instagram every week, led by the courageous Carolyn Freyer-Jones. Come along!
- The endlessly brilliant Genevieve Anderson has launched her WUNZ supersuit which is a timely combo of social activism and wonderful fashion that will have you doing good and looking good too.
- Storytime reader Emma Jones' Foghorn Station brand continues to delight with tactile handsewn hankies as the latest product release.
- LA River X alum El Triste has sprung from puppet into human form in this freshly-released micro film. Meanwhile, El Triste's puppetmaster Cain Carias has been collabing with our friends at Community Cookouts, feeding folks for free at various spots around Los Angeles.
- Lately, I've been getting back to felt rose making and you can too, to support Storytime alum Marcos Lutyens' Rose River Memorial, a national artwork to acknowledge the devastation of COVID-19.
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I cannot wait to see you at Storytime for the Apocalypse, Monday, September 6 at 7pm Pacific Time, which is 12 noon Tuesday if you're in Sydney, ridiculously early in Europe, and sultrily late back east. Here's the link for registering and attending. See you there!
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You made it to the end! I appreciate you.
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