Immigrant Storytelling Program - Capital Storytelling

Diana Medina shares her story on stage at Immigrant Stories on October 28th, 2022. (Photo credit: Daniel Shambra)

The Immigrant Storytelling Program empowers and amplifies the voices of immigrants in our community. The program began in 2022, born out of the vision of immigrants, children of immigrants, and spouses of immigrants. In our first year of the program, we hosted 6 workshops and impacted nearly 200 people. This year, through funding from the California Arts Council and the City of Sacramento, we are partnering with local organizations to host nearly 20 workshops throughout Sacramento. In each workshop, immigrants and children of immigrants are given space to reflect on their experiences and construct their on true stories to share with one another.

We will feature some of the stories and storytellers from the workshops at a showcase event in October of 2023. The event, “Immigrant Stories” is hosted in partnership with the Dreamer Resource Center at Sacramento State and will occur this year on October 25th at 6 PM. At the event, first and second generation immigrants will tell their personal stories on stage in front of an audience. We invite you to attend. You can listen to a recording of the stories told at the 2022 Immigrant Stories event here.

If you are interested in partnering with us on this program or if you want a workshop for the immigrant population you serve, email us at capitalstorytelling@gmail.com.