I need to spread the word about stories. When you have a story, tell it to someone. We all belong to the same big family and have the same smell!"
NEXT SHOW at ODYSSEY STORYTELLING
Six invited storytellers have ten minutes to talk about a specific theme. The stories are not read or memorized, they are told from the life experiences and creativity of the teller.
Thursday, April 1 at 7 p.m.
Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St., $7
get your reserved seats here:
Green stories: adventures in sustainability
Storytellers (bios below): HabiStore Director of retail operations, Terry Dee; Biosphere 2 crewmember, Jane Poynter; historian, Albert Vetere Lannon; Mrs. Green Goes Mainstream talkshow host, Gina Murphy-Darling; Tucson Clean & Beautiful's
Have dinner at the Cup Cafe (reservations recommended: 798-1618) in the historic Hotel Congress OR at the new Maynard’s Market and Kitchen on Toole Ave in the Historic Train Depot (reservations recommended: 545-0577), let them know you’re going to Odyssey, and they will reserve a seat for you at the show.
Doors open at 6:30. Free parking on the street after 5 p.m.
Bios:
Terry Dee has been Director of Retail Operations for the HabiStore since its organization in 2006. He has almost 20 years experience in the retail home improvement industry including 1 5 years with Home Depot. Prior to leaving the organization, he was the Community Affairs Liaison, where he was awarded the Governor’s Pride Award for his environmental initiatives including TreeCycle. Terry has served on the Board of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Tucson Children’s Museum. He was also the Project Leader for three playgrounds for nonprofits including Food Bank, Southside YMCA and the Arizona Deaf & Blind School . He was the Co-Chairman of the SAHBA home show and was chosen as SAHBA Member Of The Year in 2004. He is a Cherub at Angel Charity for Children, Inc. Terry continues to make valuable connections that benefit both the HabiStore and Habitat.
Jane Poynter is a Biosphere 2 crewmember, sustainability consultant, author, speaker, and environmental non-profit and technology company president. She has flown experiments in space…. worked on projects to mitigate climate change… dived with sharks… raced motorcycles… and flown in zero gravity. She has worked with the World Bank on projects to grow crops in drought-stricken Africa and Central America. She is President of Global Sports Alliance USA, a 501(c)(3) non profit dedicated to environmental education and action through sports. She recently co-founded The Local Trust, a non-profit community-based carbon offset program. She serves on the City of Tucson’s Climate Change Committee. She won the 2009 prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year award from the National Association of Female Executives. She recently published her second book, Champions for Change: Athletes Making A World of Difference launched in November 2009 at the United Nations in New York. Her first book
The Human Experiment: Two Years and Twenty Minutes Inside Biosphere 2 , was published in 2006.Albert Vetere Lannon is a former juvenile delinquent, zoo keeper, warehouse and factory worker, union official, labor educator, and historian. Born and raised in New York City, he lived many years in San Francisco and retired to Tucson nine years ago to become an award-winning poet. He is a community activist living in Picture Rocks with his beloved mate: poet, storyteller and artist Kaitlin Meadows.
Gina Murphy-Darling has been an active member of the Tucson community for over 35 years. She is currently the host of Tucson’s top-rated weekend talk show, Mrs. Green Goes Mainstream, News Talk 790 KNST and can be heard every Saturday on 92.9 the Mountain’s Green Tuesdays. Mrs. Green interviews people from all over the country who are leaders in sustainability in every conceivable discipline.
Gina’s experience includes administrative positions in both the private and public sector. She was the founder and CEO of Parents and Children Together (PACT), one of the first in-home counseling businesses in the United States, and the President and Co-founder of Providence Service Corporation, a publicly traded human service organization. Ms. Murphy-Darling was also the co-founder and served as the President of StrengthBuilding Partners for 5 years before starting her current company, One Green Heart in 2008. She has been an active member of Tucson Sunrise Rotary for over 19 years and served as the Club’s first woman president. Gina also served as the General Chairman for Angel Charity for Children 2009 and was named as one of Tucson’s Top Ten Women of Influence in 2008.
Contact Information:
Penelope Starr Adam Hostetter
Penelope@Odysseystorytelling.com Adam@Odysseystorytelling.com
520-730-4112
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Storytelling is a way to make connections with diverse and different people that you may not meet in your every day life. Because these stories are from our lives they may be amazing, messy, enlightening, disturbing, and entertaining . . . and more.
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Everyone has stories from their lives that they love to tell. The act of sharing stories about our journey connects us to other people and in this way, the audience is a vital part of the event. Odyssey Storytelling provides the container to bring together a collection of diverse tellers.
Odyssey Storytelling creating connections one story at a time
