Story Stitch Circles

Green Card Voices team of experienced Story Stitch facilitators has, in the past two years, facilitated over 50 in-person Story Stitch circles (ranging from 10-250 persons at one time) for very diverse partners and clients such as:

• 2019 Bush Connect Conference, Minneapolis, MN (250 conference participants)
• 2019 Upswell Conference, Chicago, IL 
• The Department of Public Instruction event for Wisconsin teachers, Madison, WI
• The Forum on Workplace Inclusion, Diversity Insights Breakfasts, Minneapolis, MN
• Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) in St. Paul, MN (60 participants)
• 2019 Global Learning Summit 2019: Immigration, Migration and Me. UW-Madison Campus, Madison, WI.
• 2019 New Leaders cohort with Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, Minneapolis, MN (50 participants)
• The Loft Literary Center, Festival Word Play (20 participants)
• The Minnesota Historical Society, MN History Center (60 participants)
• Mortenson Leadership team, Minneapolis, MN (20 participants)
• University of Minnesota, One Stop Student Services, Minneapolis, MN (60 member staff retreat)
• Century College, White Bear Lake, MN (250 professors and students)

We are glad to report that the Green Card Voices team and our Certified Story Stitch Facilitators have been facilitating successfully in a virtual setting due to COVID dynamics. In March 2020, we co-created and designed a Virtual Story Stitch conversation game that is played via Zoom and uses breakout rooms (each breakout room has its own certified Story Stitch facilitator and up to eight participants). We recommend participants be pre-assigned into breakout rooms to ensure diversity within the group. We’ve facilitated several Virtual Story stitch circles, very successfully, for our clients/partners (click on the hyperlinks for more information), including but not limited to:

• Green Card Voices Annual Gala with 120 people
• New Leaders cohort with Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce  (50 participants)
• Welcoming Week in Central Minnesota (40 community members of all ages and backgrounds)
• University of Minnesota, Biology Dept., (60 undergraduate students)
• TESOL Teachers (coming up this Saturday 12/19 and organized by our Story Stitch facilitator in Iowa)

We’ve also added an extra element: in addition to the 33 questions (that are in the original in-person Story Stitch deck), we added 7 bonus questions that pertain to the Pandemic times.  

Green Card Voices believe that Virtual Story Stitch Circles would help connect your staff, students, and community members in a meaningful way and we are very excited about the possibility to facilitate Story Stitch circles for your organization, team, etc. A Story Stitch circle is perfect for: 

• classrooms (ages 10+)
• diversity trainings
• workshops
• workplaces
• leadership/fellow retreats
• conferences
• elderly homes
• and more!

Check out our rates below that we’ve carefully put together based on different type of businesses. If you are interested, or have any questions at all, please contact Aaliyah Hannah at aaliyah@greencardvoices.org