Storying the Self: (Re)Claiming our Voices

Engage with lived experiences and identities that have often been denied a public voice. Consider the nuanced contexts of race, gender, class, language, ability, and how these impact your position as a leader and creator. You’ll question what it means to reclaim your narrative of yourself and to engage with the strength of vulnerability as a leader and creator. In a creative exercise, you’ll engage with multiple perspectives on a past conflict and use this reflection to practice perspective-taking and listening that can generate creative work and deepen leadership skills for empathy, listening and engaging in multicultural workplaces

• Engage in active listening with empathy and curiosity
• Identify interactions between sociocultural and interpersonal dynamics in life stories
• Value personal experiences and identities as leaders and creators

• Basic computer and internet skills
• Ability to read course instructions in English and complete short activities