The UC Berkeley Center for Health Leadership Association is pleased to announce its 2nd annual conference:
Call to Action: StoryCon 2014
Friday, April 11, 2014 | 12-4 pm
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Stories of public health permeate our daily lives. As public health leaders, we are charged to see health in all its facets, synthesize what we see, and tell the stories of communities we serve. It is through stories that we advocate for policy change that improves population health, that we secure grant money for our research and organizations, and that we communicate about the challenges and successes of our work with our friends, colleagues, and neighbors.
CHLA wants to hear your story. Did you have a transformative event or experience that called you into public health action? What stories inspire you in your work everyday?
StoryCon 2014 will bring together graduate student storytellers and their public health stories from across campus. Selected students will win a cash prize, an opportunity to tell their story at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, a certificate of participation, and a chance to network with faculty, leaders in the professional world, fellow students, and community members alike.
We are looking for a range of storytelling techniques – from traditional, descriptive prose delivery to interpretive dance: photo essays, documentaries, poetry, interviews, storyboards, and all things poignant and captivating are most welcome as well.
Submit your idea: We believe there is power in simplicity–If you would like to be considered for participation, please click here to provide one paragraph that describes your idea by 12pm on Friday, December 13.* By December 20, we will notify you if we would like to move forward with your story. Those selected will be asked to provide a fuller, one-page description about their story by Friday, January 31, and they will be given the opportunity to attend one of several storytelling workshops, to give you skills and practice, produced by the CHLA in the spring.
Timeline:
Friday, December 13 @ 12:00pm: Paragraph about proposed story due
Friday, December 20: Notified about selection for conference
Friday, January 31: One-page about proposed story due
February – April: Storytelling workshops
Friday, April 11: CHLA Conference 2014 at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive