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Public information officer: Joan Aschim, (541) 463-5591, aschimj@lanecc.edu
Contact: Ellen Cantor, Reading Together Coordinator, (541) 463-3660, cantore@lanecc.edu
For release October 10, 2006
Reading Together presents oral storytelling workshop
EUGENE - The Reading Together project at Lane Community College presents, "Stories, Stories, Stories--An Oral Storytelling Workshop" with James Florendo, on Tuesday, October 24, from 10-11:30 a.m., in the Center for Meeting and Learning, Building 19, Room 104, main campus in Eugene, 4000 E. 30th Avenue.
Florendo coordinates the Native American Student Program at Lane. He is an enrolled member of the Wasco Nation, one of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. He was fortunate to be brought up in an era where the traditions and stories that he learned were conveyed through the observation of, the participation with, and by listening to family members. They were remembered through a continued conveyance of those traditions and stories through practice and application. James will introduce participants to the dynamics of one of these, the oral story telling tradition, through stories that he has created in the fashion of the traditional stories that he has learned.
Workshop attendees will have the opportunity to try and learn one of his stories and to participate in an open dialogue addressing such issues as: How well do we listen? How do stories help sustain the values central to the health of a community? How do these stories help establish a sense of place and time to a community member? Why is it important to learn these stories in a correct and respectful manner? The presentation is free. For more information contact Ellen Cantor, Reading Together Coordinator, 463-3660, cantore@lanecc.edu or visit 2011sitearchive.lanecc.edu/readingtogether
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