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Storytelling as Practice: Our Stories Are Medicine

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July 16, 2026
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
EST

Date: TBD

Event Format: 

ZOOM
FREE

Our stories are medicine. Our voices are vessels of healing.

In this Community of Practice, we gather around the ancient art of storytelling — a tradition honored across indigenous cultures throughout Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific. Through personal narrative and communal reflection, we explore storytelling not as performance, but as a pathway to wholeness and a foundation of enduring practice.

Whether whispered, written, sung, or shared, our stories carry the wisdom of survival, joy, grief, and transformation. Together, we create space to listen deeply, speak truth, and explore the ways storytelling heals both the individual and the collective.

This session offers:

  • Guided storytelling prompts and reflective practice
  • Exploration of oral traditions and their relevance to contemporary practice
  • A supportive space to reclaim and honor the stories that shape our work
  • Collective reflection on memory, identity, and truth-telling across cultures

Come as you are. Leave affirmed, witnessed, and reminded that your voice is sacred.

  • Thulani DeMarsay, PhD

    Thulani is the visionary founder and Chief Impact Officer of Sankofa Institute. As a person in long-term recovery, she is deeply committed to supporting others on their journey toward recovery. A seasoned facilitator, Thulani excels in group dynamics and in creating experiential learning environments that fosters individual and group transformation.

    For nearly a decade, Thulani served as a senior facilitator and consultant for the Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS), where she delivered training programs, provided mentorship, and coached the statewide facilitation team. She also developed comprehensive training materials and played a key role in the creation of the statewide recovery coach learning community. Additionally, Thulani served as the lead consultant for the Recovery Education Collaborative (REC) in Boston, MA where she was responsible for strategic planning, project oversight, workplan development and DEI initiatives.