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: Virtual Information Workshop
Treasure Maps is a drive-in roadshow performance hosted by the Storytelling Advocacy Project that will take place in six cities across Georgia in Summer 2021. Each roadshow will feature the stories and talents of people with disabilities.
We are looking for people with disabilities to STAR as Storytellers in the Roadshow! *NO Travel Required!*
The members of the Treasure Maps Storytellers Cohort will get to complete a series of workshops and individual story-coaching to develop their narrative. Each storyteller will perform and have their narrative recorded for the drive-in roadshow!
If you would like to learn more about the Roadshow and how to apply to be a Storyteller Roadshow Star,
join us for our Virtual Information Workshop on Thursday, February 25 at 5pm on Zoom.
Questions? Contact ddstorytellingga@gmail.com
We are looking for people with disabilities to STAR as Storytellers in the Roadshow! *NO Travel Required!*
The members of the Treasure Maps Storytellers Cohort will get to complete a series of workshops and individual story-coaching to develop their narrative. Each storyteller will perform and have their narrative recorded for the drive-in roadshow!
If you would like to learn more about the Roadshow and how to apply to be a Storyteller Roadshow Star,
join us for our Virtual Information Workshop on Thursday, February 25 at 5pm on Zoom.
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. |
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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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