Laura Simms

Female

New York, NY

United States

Profile Information:

Gender
female
Name
Laura Simms
Organisation
storyteller
About Me:
I am a professional storyteller working with peace buildng, community, life transformation, education, interfaith literacy and the power of narrative to heal, unite and transform. I work in Haiti with Mercy Corps, and throughout the world offering workshops, performances, trainings and key note inspiration. I am presently a Senior Research Fellow at Rutgers University in Newark; and part of the Manhattan Therapeutic Arts Alliiance.
My dream:
to promote the use of enriching narrative and dialogue that opens the heart of conversation and reconnects people in the digital age with inner capacities for imagination, inner contentment and tolerance.
I'm proud of:
my work in general. My trainings worldwide that have gone beyond the focus of storytelling as a moralistic teaching into a deeper process that unlocks inherent capacities in people of all ages to empower themselves, think with pliancy and find inner joy and discernment, protection, regardless of circumstances

Comment Wall:

  • Rituu B. Nanda

    Dear Laura,

     

    Welcome to Community Life Competence!

     

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    Jul 7, 2011

  • Rituu B. Nanda

    Thanks for uploading your photo. You look gorgeous:-) Would you like to share a inspiring story from your Haiti experience with students? We could learn from the 'storyteller'.

    Jul 7, 2011