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Editor’s note: The text in this video has been updated to correct the misspelling of the name of the coffee shop where Ex Fabula’s teen story slam took place.
NNS video: Of truth and consequences: Teen tells his story
Ex Fabula is all about stories that connect people and communities.
The group took a step toward bringing youth into the mix when it held its first-ever teens-only story slam on Milwaukee’s South Side.
Teen storyteller Joshua Ceja took the stage to remember a childhood lesson about owning up to your mistakes.
Thanks to all the funders that made this Teen Slam possible: the Brico Fund, Herb Kohl Philanthropies, Northwestern Mutual Foundation, Brewers Community Foundation, Inc, the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts, We Energies Foundation, Kohl’s Cares, CAMPAC, and Ex Fabula’s amazing members.
In the Native American culture the Storyteller archetype is a very powerful teacher. I was told our Native American storytellers not only shared about their stories of our tribe but also the keeper of stories of the stories that we hear when we travel along the way.