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Summer Institute in Community Oral History

August 16, 2024
Arbutus Folk School, 705 4th Ave E, Olympia

Learn how to lead a community-based oral history project in your classroom or community. Participants grow skills in project development, archival research methods, oral history interviewing, audio recording, and ethical best practices for documenting community and family histories. This offering is ideal for middle and high school teachers, librarians, professionals working in arts and culture fields, or anyone interested in facilitating an ethical, community-based research project using oral history methods.

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Gleaning Wisdom from Our Neighbors: Storytelling Circle

August 29, 2024
Burfoot Park, Meadow Shelter, 6927 Boston Harbor Rd NE, Olympia, WA 98506

We have rescheduled our annual gathering for the evening of Thursday, August 29th. After having to postpone our May gathering, we're excited to celebrate our community engagement this past year with our dearest friends at a storytelling circle event.

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Apply for Fall Community Roots Cohort

August 30, 2024
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We're is partnering with Capital City Pride for a new branch of our Community Roots Oral History Project, the Pride Storytelling Project, to document LGBTQIA2S+ experience and history in Thurston County. Cohort members design a project, visit archives, learn from local scholars, and record interviews with other Queer community members.

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Subscriber Drive: Summer 2024

August 31, 2024
https://us.commitchange.com/washington/olympia/window-seat-media/campaigns/friends-of-community-storytelling-program

This summer, we’re campaigning for new subscribers to join our Friends of Community Storytelling program. Setting up a recurring donation is an easy way to support the community-based oral history and storytelling programming you love. This year, we have some cool incentives for current and new subscribers. Become a Friend of Community Storytelling today!

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Events

August 16, 2024
Summer Institute in Community Oral History
August 29, 2024
Gleaning Wisdom from Our Neighbors: Storytelling Circle
August 30, 2024
Apply for Fall Community Roots Cohort
August 31, 2024
Subscriber Drive: Summer 2024

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Community narratives:

Community Roots

A community oral history project about visionaries and change-makers. Join a cohort to gather the stories or engage with us at artist talks, exhibits, workshops, and performances.

Stories of Food, Food as Story

A project-based workshop series using oral history practices to explore our histories and cultural heritage through food traditions and local foodways. Join a cohort or engage with us through community programming.

Brave Practice Playback Theatre Company

A community resource for theatre and storytelling to create belonging, dialogue, & social change. Engage with our company at a performance or workshop.

Creativity Salons

For storytellers & artists engaging in the creative process. A monthly series with speakers and facilitated shop time open to all community members!

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P.O. Box 2733, Olympia, WA 98507

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Arbutus Folk School, Eagle's Nest Suite, Second Floor

705 4th Ave E Ste 101, Olympia, WA 98506

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