32: JESIKAH MARIA ROSS: Creative Change: Mobilizing Communities with Stories

About jesikah: jesikah maria ross has three speeds: listening, making, and sharing. she’s an artist, an academic, and experienced media producer. jesikah is out to make a difference and believes that wit, grit and imagination can take us where we need to go. jesikah knows how to mobilize people around a shared interest and create processes that lead to community change. she’s done it with large institutions, small non-profits and independent media makers. jesikah has built a career of consulting, training and project management for participatory media projects with a path and a plan that changes how we collect, tell and share the stories of our communities.

We talked with jesikah about how she uses storytelling projects to mobilize communities. She shares valuable insight on how to create and sustain community participatory work (work with the communities we serve) and shares her own stories from doing this work. She also provides excellent resources and guidelines for storytellers who aim to empower others to tell their stories!

SHOW NOTES:

• Learn more about jesikah's work here: ⁠https://www.jesikahmariaross.com/⁠

• Hire Meg for a workshop or keynote by contacting lindsey@homeplacecreativeco.com or connecting via her website at [⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠drmegadams.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠]⁠
• Learn more about Storytelling Training with Homeplace Creative via their website at [⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠homeplacecreativeco.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠] or contact kyle@homeplacecreativeco.com
• Connect with Meg across social at @drmegadams and Kyle at kyle@homeplacecreativeco.com