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Storytelling Event
Join us for an empowering session of storytelling. Five storytellers, volunteers drawn from The Network member organizations and conference participants, will share GBV stories of survival and resilience. Their personal stories will help illuminate the dynamics of GBV and the process of healing. Join us to bear witness to these storytellers’ courage and determination. The session is curated and facilitated by storyteller Ada Cheng.
Ada Cheng - Curator
An educator-turned storyteller, creator, and producer, Dr. Ada Cheng has utilized storytelling to illustrate structural inequities, raise critical awareness, and build intimate communities. Committed to amplifying and uplifting marginalized voices, she has created numerous storytelling platforms for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ community members to tell difficult and vulnerable stories. Dr. Cheng has been a speaker for Illinois Humanities Road Scholars Speakers Bureau since 2019. She was named 2023-24 Lund-Gill Endowed Chair at Dominican University. She was one of the Illinois Humanities Public Humanities Award honorees in 2024. Her interests encompass academia, storytelling/performance, and advocacy.
