Storytelling Advocacy Project
L'Arche Atlanta is partnering with the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) to lead the GCDD Storytelling Advocacy Project. The project has two parts: a mini-documentary, a traveling roadshow, and a podcast series.
6,000 Waiting: A Film About Disability Advocacy
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6,000 Waiting tells the powerful stories of three Georgians with developmental disabilities whose lives are significantly impacted by the staggering lack and complexity of state Medicaid waiver funding. With persistence, courage, and self-determination, they fight to access the resources they desperately need to live life on their own terms.
L'Arche Atlanta created this film to encourage people to take action to increase access to Now/COMP waiver funding so people with disabilities can live life on their own terms. It costs Georgians 3 times more to care for someone in a nursing facility than to provide community-based care. But federal law requires states to pay for nursing facilities, while community-based care is not guaranteed. HOW TO GET INVOLVED 1. WRITE. Contact your legislator to advocate for increased funding for Medicaid waivers in Georgia. Find out who your legislator is here and write to them advocating for increased funding for Medicaid waivers in Georgia. Here is a template you can use. 2. JOIN. Join GCDD's Advocacy Network to receive advocacy alerts, calls to action, and legislator tracking. Sign up here. 3. SHARE. Use this guide for content to share on social media. You can also host your own screening of the film by signing up here! You can make a difference! Use your voice to spread the word! |
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Treasure Maps: Volunteers Needed to Host Local Shows!
Treasure Maps Roadshow
Over the next six months Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities, L’Arche Atlanta, StoryMuse, and Resurgens Impact Consulting are teaming up to create Treasure Maps: The Georgia Storytelling Roadshow, the newest iteration of The Storytelling Project.
This will be a drive-in storytelling performance in each of the following six cities across Georgia: Atlanta, Dahlonega, Albany, Savannah, Augusta, and Macon. The Roadshow will showcase the stories of 10 people with intellectual/developmental disabilities from across the state. The performance will include video recordings from each storyteller and will have interactive components with the audience.
The primary objective of this project is to provide a stage for the important stories of people with developmental disabilities, inviting their stories in from the margins to the center of our communities. But an equally important component is to provide education and advocacy to the general population and legislators around the Medicaid waiver, a vital funding structure which supports the lives of people with developmental disabilities so they can live independently.
We can't do it without you!
We need volunteers in each city to serve on local teams to host the Roadshow. Each team will help plan the show (i.e., find the right venue and date for your community, recruit a co-host, hire a photographer), promote the show, and help things run smoothly the day of the event. We promise to stay in regular, consistent communication with you and support you all the way.
You'll get the satisfaction of helping make this epic event happen! As a small thank you, we’ll treat you to (an outside, COVID-safe) community meal the night of the show.
Sign me up!
If this sounds exciting to you, or even if you're intrigued enough to ask questions, please fill out this form. We also welcome recommendations of people you know who might be perfect for this!
Questions? Contact ddstorytellingga@gmail.com
Over the next six months Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities, L’Arche Atlanta, StoryMuse, and Resurgens Impact Consulting are teaming up to create Treasure Maps: The Georgia Storytelling Roadshow, the newest iteration of The Storytelling Project.
This will be a drive-in storytelling performance in each of the following six cities across Georgia: Atlanta, Dahlonega, Albany, Savannah, Augusta, and Macon. The Roadshow will showcase the stories of 10 people with intellectual/developmental disabilities from across the state. The performance will include video recordings from each storyteller and will have interactive components with the audience.
The primary objective of this project is to provide a stage for the important stories of people with developmental disabilities, inviting their stories in from the margins to the center of our communities. But an equally important component is to provide education and advocacy to the general population and legislators around the Medicaid waiver, a vital funding structure which supports the lives of people with developmental disabilities so they can live independently.
We can't do it without you!
We need volunteers in each city to serve on local teams to host the Roadshow. Each team will help plan the show (i.e., find the right venue and date for your community, recruit a co-host, hire a photographer), promote the show, and help things run smoothly the day of the event. We promise to stay in regular, consistent communication with you and support you all the way.
You'll get the satisfaction of helping make this epic event happen! As a small thank you, we’ll treat you to (an outside, COVID-safe) community meal the night of the show.
Sign me up!
If this sounds exciting to you, or even if you're intrigued enough to ask questions, please fill out this form. We also welcome recommendations of people you know who might be perfect for this!
Questions? Contact ddstorytellingga@gmail.com
Hidden Voices Podcast Series
The Storytelling Project has created a seven-episode podcast, called Hidden Voices, uncovering the stories of people with developmental disabilities.
The people you will meet here are kids, young adults, college students, athletes, employees, adults, entrepreneurs, siblings, parents – all with a story.
These are funny, heartwarming, challenging stories about people with developmental disabilities who are living, working, and advocating for their rights in Georgia. All want to be included in social circles, workplaces and communities of their choice. Just like all of us.
We explore issues that impact their lives like Medicaid waivers, employment, housing, transportation, advocacy, adaptive technology, and service animals.
Listen wherever you listen to podcasts and spread the word! iTunes, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, iHeartRadio
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Storytelling Project Team
L’Arche has teamed up with project manager Resurgens Impact Consulting to lead the project. 6,000 Waiting is a collaboration between filmmakers Michael McDonald and Rhyme & Reason. The Hidden Voices podcast is a collaboration between FRQNCY Media and ListnUp Radio. Treasure Maps Roadshow is a partnership with StoryMuse. |
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2020 Storytelling Project Impact
In 2020 the Storytelling Project entered production for the second season of the Hidden Voices podcast. In season two, we follow a local investigative reporter as she explores the experience of isolation and the pandemic while having a disability. It will be released early in 2021.
We also created the 6,000 Waiting website to promote the film and encourage advocacy. We worked with the film production company, Sound Off Films, to complete a screening and marketing plan for the documentary film 6,000 Waiting. The premiere for 6,000 Waiting is January 26, 2021.
Also in 2020, the Storytelling Project has been underway with a marketing campaign with Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB). The project has spots on GPB's 13 television stations, radio channel, and website to let people know about the project.
We also created the 6,000 Waiting website to promote the film and encourage advocacy. We worked with the film production company, Sound Off Films, to complete a screening and marketing plan for the documentary film 6,000 Waiting. The premiere for 6,000 Waiting is January 26, 2021.
Also in 2020, the Storytelling Project has been underway with a marketing campaign with Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB). The project has spots on GPB's 13 television stations, radio channel, and website to let people know about the project.
About Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities
The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities, a federally funded state agency, works to bring about social and policy changes that promote opportunities for persons with developmental disabilities and their families to live, learn, work, play and worship in Georgia communities. Learn more at www.gcdd.org.
The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities, a federally funded state agency, works to bring about social and policy changes that promote opportunities for persons with developmental disabilities and their families to live, learn, work, play and worship in Georgia communities. Learn more at www.gcdd.org.
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