Care to Share? Using Storytelling as a Tool to Support Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives
Member Price: $69; Nonmember Price: $99
This presentation is designed to help people embrace the idea and practice of diversity, equity, and inclusion through storytelling. The session will begin with a high-level overview of the background and push for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and transition into a conversation about racial literacy, storytelling techniques, and leadership connection. Attendees will then craft their own stories about injustice they have experienced, witnessed, or heard. This interactive approach will induce empathy and understanding about others through the sharing of stories.
VHMA 2021 Annual Meeting and Conference
Original Recording:
Friday, September 10, 2021
1:30 PM-3:00 PM Eastern
Credit
CEU1:1.5
Description
Speaker: Shandell Maxwell, Ph.D.
Dr. Shandell Maxwell is a multitalented professional and community activist from Southern California. Shandell uses her experience and knowledge in people development, education, business, change management, activism, and artistic expression to inspire positive change in any environment she enters.
As an artist and social activist, Shandell has produced film-work and given talks expressing the importance of sharing personal stories to bridge communities and build empathy. In Orange County, Shandell is most known for her film Black Behind the Orange Curtain, launched in 2013. This short documentary highlighted the Black experience in Orange County, in addition to the need for story sharing between diverse groups. The film has been used to facilitate talks at various universities in Los Angeles and Orange County and featured in publications like the OC Weekly, Voice of OC, and made the Orange County Register front-page story in February 2014. The film has over 6k views and is available on YouTube https://youtu.be/7aRIq7kBoX8. It was Shandell's community work that led her to pursue a doctorate in leadership and change. Her goal was to explore the role of Black Pastors' in supporting the Black community and race relations in Orange County.
Shandell's mentor in community activism through storytelling is civil rights activist Joseph Jackson Jr., leader of the Tougaloo Nine (1961), who was mentored by Medgar Evers. Shandell's mission is to help people, communities, and organizations thrive by recognizing the true value of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
As an artist and social activist, Shandell has produced film-work and given talks expressing the importance of sharing personal stories to bridge communities and build empathy. In Orange County, Shandell is most known for her film Black Behind the Orange Curtain, launched in 2013. This short documentary highlighted the Black experience in Orange County, in addition to the need for story sharing between diverse groups. The film has been used to facilitate talks at various universities in Los Angeles and Orange County and featured in publications like the OC Weekly, Voice of OC, and made the Orange County Register front-page story in February 2014. The film has over 6k views and is available on YouTube https://youtu.be/7aRIq7kBoX8. It was Shandell's community work that led her to pursue a doctorate in leadership and change. Her goal was to explore the role of Black Pastors' in supporting the Black community and race relations in Orange County.
Shandell's mentor in community activism through storytelling is civil rights activist Joseph Jackson Jr., leader of the Tougaloo Nine (1961), who was mentored by Medgar Evers. Shandell's mission is to help people, communities, and organizations thrive by recognizing the true value of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
