Sharing Our Stories, Telling Our Lives
This community participatory storytelling theatre project was conceived with and for the English-speaking Black Community in Montreal (ESBC).
The project’s aim is to support the resilience and vitality of the Montreal ESBC, whose over 40,000 members are doubly marginalized in Quebec as English speakers and as visible minorities.
The project was initiated across Montreal over a two-year period from August 2018 through March 2020.
About the Program
Sharing Our Stories, Telling Our Lives aims specifically to invite the English-speaking Black community to tell, preserve, share their life stories as well as structured activities that bring together community members and community-engaged artists.
This also included workshops and a particular focus on giving youth fundamental skills in interviewing, recording and digitally archiving guided conversations with community members.
The culmination of these workshops and training led to the creation of a series of presentations, which will be taking place on several dates over the course of Black History Month, 2020.
We aim to highlight the diversity within the English-speaking Black community, allowing different voices, experiences and life stories to be heard and valued, both within and outside the communities.
Selected photos of the 2019 summer workshops. Photos by Quinlan Green.
Selected photos of the 2019 summer workshops. Photos by Quinlan Green.
Selected photos of the 2019 summer workshops. Photos by Quinlan Green.
Selected photos of the 2019 summer workshops. Photos by Quinlan Green.
Community Production
Writers: Lydie Dubuisson and Rachael Van Fossen
Director: Lydie Dubuisson
Assistant Director: Quinlan Green
Project Coordinator: Sheron Edey
Featuring:
Abena Bentley
Jahlani Gilbert
Briauna James
Kadeem Maxwell
Public Events
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February 6th @ 2:00PM
Union United Church (3007 Rue Delisle, Montréal, QC H4C 1M8)
PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN (no one will be turned away)
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February 7th @ 8:00PM
Westhaven Community Centre (7405 Ave Harley, Montréal, QC H4B 1L5)
PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN (no one will be turned away)
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February 8th @ 6:00PM
Jamaica Association of Montreal (4065 Jean Talon West, Montreal QC H4P 1W6 )
PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN (no one will be turned away)
Refreshments will also be available
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February 15th @ 6:30PM
Hosted by the Lasalle Multicultural Community Centre St. Jean Brebeuf Parish (7777 George - Corner Bishop Power, Lasalle, QC H8P1C8)
$10 at the door
There will be cocktails served at 6:30, followed by the presentation
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February 28th @7:00PM
Westhaven Community Centre (7405 Ave Harley, Montréal, QC H4B 1L5)
PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN (no one will be turned away)
Closed Events
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February 7th @ 3:30PM
Tyndale Community Centre (870 Richmond Square, Montreal, QC H3J 1V7)
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February 10th @ 2:00PM
Hosted by the African Canadian Development and Prevention Network
Nelson Mandela Pavillion (4920 Vezina, Montreal, QC H3W 2A7)