Workshop: Telling Each Other's Stories

Sheila Arnold, Shonaleigh Cumbers, Cambridge Ethnic Communities Forum

Presented by: Cambridge Storytellers

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0	ONLINE: Zoom
P	Wednesday 25th May, 2022
N	7:50pm

Event information

A workshop for storytellers and story lovers, with Sheila Arnold, Ila Chandavarkar and Shonaleigh Cumbers.
Three mighty women reach out across cultures to talk about the ways stories can unite and divide us.
Sheila Arnold talks about 'Rebirthing a Story', reclaiming a racist text for black culture.
Ila Chandavarkar will lead us on to talk about unconscious bias, assumptions about what is ‘normal’ and start a discussion power, and privilege, stereotypes and inclusion
Shonaleigh Cumbers guides us through the ins and outs of telling stories from different traditions and respectful ways of adapting stories for a different audience.
With plenty of chances for participants to talk, ask questions, and pursue the discussion.

Sheila Arnold has been a full-time Storyteller for seventeen years travelling through the United States and sharing a variety of stories - “whatever fits in her mouth”, and has won hearts wherever she went on previous trips to the UK. At her core, Ms. Sheila is a professional imaginator with a passion, vision and ministry of healing hearts, unifying communities and reminding people to share their stories.

Ila Chandavarkar runs training sessions on equality, diversity and inclusion for Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum, a remarkable umbrella organisation for Black and Minority community groups and organisations in Cambridgeshire, UK, with a membership of over 33 BME groups.

Shonaleigh Cumbers is a storyteller. Not just any storyteller. She’s a Drut’syla. She’s a living tradition holder. It’s a tradition you probably won’t have heard of. It’s a tradition that flourished in Jewish families, but that was almost wiped out during the holocaust: as far as we know, Shonaleigh is the last Drut’syla, whose telling and teachings are filled with the wisdom, depth and humour of her bubbe, her grandmother, Edith Marks, from whom she learned her craft.