Currently the program is focused collaborating with community members from the Upper Valley working on the themes of race, class, and genderįor more information on our board, governance, past meeting minutes, and upcoming meetings, please visit our public documents archive. One venue of the program is the class and extra-curricular program she developed at Dartmouth College since 2007. She is the creator and facilitator of Telling My Story, a program she has developed in correctional facilities and substance abuse rehab centers in Vermont since 1999.
#TELLING MY STORY PROFESSIONAL#
Her professional focus is the exploration of political and social problems through the arts. Originally from Chile, she immigrated to North America in 1983. I shared the story of my life, how important faith is to me and the. Pati is a mother, activist, dancer, stilt dancer, puppeteer, a member of the Bread and Puppet Theater community, and a Dartmouth College adjunct professor. I went into detail about my upbringing, my values, my family and my why for living. Over the course of the sessions, participants work to identify the social walls they experience and create on a daily basis… in order to name them, own them, and achieve better communication, understanding, and dialogue about their effects on our lives, and how we can address and/or dismantle them. Given the dire conditions we face today as a society, threatened by global pandemic, climate change, white supremacy, rampant inequality, fear, polarization, and immobility, this program highlight themes of race, class, and gender as we explore our social experiences and unpack our silenced realities. During 2020, we successfully started to offer the program virtually with great success. In order to do this, we must first identify and dismantle the visible and invisible walls of preconception and bias that surround us, which many times we actively help to create and maintain. Pati Hernandez developed this program in 1999 as a non- profit organization and has offered it successfully over 60 times locally, nationally and internationally, in correctional facilities, drug rehabilitation centers, high schools, colleges and universities, and community centers.īy practicing listening, speaking and withholding judgment in a group, we build relations based on trust, communication, and dialogue. TMS employs journaling, storytelling, and reflection to break down barriers of preconceptions about differences. What does Tell Your Story create Our different options let you choose the length and format that suits you best. We make fantastic gifts for big birthdays, wedding anniversaries, events, and very special people. Telling My Story (TMS) is an interdisciplinary arts program that works to develop self-awareness and communication skills through collective creativity. Tell Your Story is for everyone who wants to share their story.
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