Photos: Storyteller Project's "How Tucson Became Home"
Five community members shared true, first-person stories about how Tucson became home at the Tucson Storytellers event at the Tucson Museum of Art on Wednesday, September 26.Â
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The Tucson Storytellers Project is dedicated to the idea that oral storytelling and journalism have the same goals: serving and reflecting a community while fostering empathy among people.
These nights blend the authenticity and art of storytelling with the truthfulness, community-building and empowerment thatâs at the heart of great journalism.
Do you have a story you want to tell? Share it with Tucson Storytellers!
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Adiba Nelson tells her tale for the Storytellers Project, at the Tucson Museum of Art, Wednesday, Sept. 26.
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Elena Acoba talks to the crowd about moving form California to Tucson for the Storytellers Project, at the Tucson Museum of Art, Wednesday September 26, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
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Elena Acoba talks to the crowd about moving form California to Tucson for the Tucson Storytellers Project at the Tucson Museum of Art, Sept. 26, 2018.Â
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Jean Mfuranzima talks about how he found community after coming to Tucson for the Storytellers Project at the Tucson Museum of Art, Wednesday, Sept. 26. Â
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Neto Portillo shares his story from the Storytellers Project stage, at the Tucson Museum of Art, Wednesday, Sept. 26. The Tucson Storytellers is a part of a national project that hosts live storytelling nights.
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Neto Portillo talks about growing up, moving out and moving back to Tucson for the Storytellers Project at the Tucson Museum of Art, Wednesday, Sept. 26. The Tucson Storytellers is a part of a national project that hosts live storytelling nights.
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Kathe Lison speaks about losing, and then finding, her sense of home as she wraps up the night's Storytellers Project at the Tucson Museum of Art, Wednesday Sept. 26. The Tucson Storytellers is a part of a national project that hosts live storytelling nights.
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Kathe Lison speaks as she wraps up the night's Storytellers Project at the Tucson Museum of Art, Wednesday, Sept. 26.
