STORYTELLING + WORKSHOPS + BELONGING + JOY

Institute for the Story in cooperation with Hospice Savannah

The Reverend Dr. Bertice Berry and Jamey Espina, Founders and Co-Chairs

RECEPTION AND ORIENTATION

4:00 – 5:00 pm | Thursday, October 2

TWO DAY SEMINAR

9:00 am – 4:00 pm | Friday and Saturday, October 3 and 4 Refreshments at 8:00 am | Lunch included

$50 for members  Non-Learning Center Members please register at www.instituteforstory.com.

This two-day interactive, participatory experience brings lifetimes of experience into sharp focus, challenges and inspires through indelible milestones, and bonds participants through shared storytelling.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Jay and Cindy Gutterman

The 3-time Tony award-winning Broadway producers share stories of bringing hope, change, and belonging to Broadway.

WHERE JUSTICE MEETS JOY

Reverend Gini Gerbasi

This Episcopal rector caught national attention when she was arrested in Washington’s Lafayette Square as President Trump ordered the dispersal of protestors.

MEDICINES FOR RESILIENCE

Reverend Tamara Ravello

An indigenous minister and medicine woman, Yale-educated Reverend Ravello blends ancestral wisdom with Christian ministry.

RAISING JOY

Marlon Smith

Successful leader and coach, Marlon Smith speaks on raising children with joy, love and success.

STORYTELLING ON THE STAGE

Bertice Berry, Roger Moss, and Ethan White

This collaborative team share their current project, discussing moving history to story, and story to musical.

ADDITIONAL PRESENTERS

Van Johnson Mayor, City of Savannah

Dottie Kluttz Creator of The Story Keeper Program at Hospice Savannah, Tybee Island

Gypsy Schindler Artist, Storyteller and Musician