WE ARE STORIED

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Vital Stats

De Andrea N

Saint Louis, MO

  • people helped143
  • People Doing It 11

The Problem

We Are Storied exists to empower individuals and communities through the infusion of personal life stories, interactive art, and advocacy. Our society is changing and we are progressing steadily towards a national community that values new channels of communication. However, in such a progressive world, the impoverished, rural, marginalized, and disenfranchised communities are getting left behind and overlooked. With WE ARE STORIED, we are striving to restore the dignity of such communities through campaigns and community events empowered by graphic design, video documentary, and art. We Do Something because we believe in the power of art and we believe that visual storytelling can empower our communities toward progress and change.

Plan of Action

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Project Updates

We had our first team conference with prospective leaders of our organization and shared the following presentation about our initiative.

"It is all a façade. Everything you think of me. Everything everyone told you. Everything I ever showed you. It’s nothing. It means nothing. This week, I cried my hardest tears, dreamed only my fears—nightmares, they were—that I would not succeed. That I could not achieve was all that I could deem. And as I slept in my car, penniless, broken, and depressed, wondering “why me?” and “what now?,” I cried out to God, “Make me whole. Give me vision. Bestow your favor, and grant me wisdom.” This was my plea.

I was nothing. I had nothing. I write with only $15 to my name, and I yearn, and I hunger. I want, and I desire. I need. My ambition is no less than it has been, but now my spirit wants more—of myself and of you, and what we have before us. Our future is bright. The platform is ours. Together, we will share and tell the stories of a multitude. Together we will tell our stories. Together, we have no ceilings on what we can accomplish. Together, we are storied, and we have only one direction—forward."

-Kicking of WE ARE STORIED. No Facades.

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Homelessness and Poverty

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