Highlighting the Disabled Community with StoryCorps
Grosse Pointe Public Library and Detroit Disability Power are partnering to gather stories about community members living with disabilities using the StoryCorps method.
Inspired by the book Disability Visibility by Alice Wong, the library’s Thoughts to Action discussion group was moved to highlight our own disabled community and share the stories they have to tell.
If you are a community member living with a disability and would like to record your story with StoryCorps, here’s how:
IN PERSON:
- Grab a buddy. StoryCorps stories work best when storytellers are interviewed by someone they know. Ask a close friend or family member to come along. If you are unable to find a personal interviewer, you can request to be interviewed by a volunteer facilitator.
- Sign up for a date using the form to your right. More information will be sent to you.
- Prepare for your interview.
- Come to the library at your appointed time and record your story!
- Share. Your story will be shared on the StoryCorps website and archived on the library website. If you prefer to keep your story private, let a facilitator know and we can have a copy of your recording emailed to you for your personal use.
VIRTUALLY:
- Grab a buddy. StoryCorps stories work best when storytellers are interviewed by someone they know. Ask a close friend or family member and schedule a time that works for both of you to record.
- Sign up for more information using the form to your right.
- Go to https://storycorps.org/participate/storycorps-connect/ and click the button that says “Record Your Story Using StoryCorps Connects”. Both you and your interviewer will need accounts on StoryCorps. You can also find helpful guides on this website like a Getting Started Guide and a list of Great Questions.
- Prepare for your interview.
- Record your story virtually! Save it on StoryCorps Connect. Use the keywords Disability Visibility; Grosse Pointe Public Library; and Detroit Disability Power.
- Email the title and keywords of your story to the library so we can archive it on our website. If you prefer to keep your story private, skip this step.
WHAT: GPPL’s Thoughts to Action Book Club seeks to provide our community with a way to explore current social issues in a meaningful way. Every six months we read one culturally relevant book and then meet monthly to discuss, plan, and carry out a community project based on the book’s message.
To become a member of Thoughts to Action, click here.
THIS SESSION'S BOOK: Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, Edited by Alice Wong
WHEN: 4th Thursdays, 7 p.m. via Zoom
