Featuring Global Fellow member Fidaa Ataya and Dovie Thomason.
Stories are like a secret code, a cultural DNA; they carry keys to life based on our ancestors’ struggles and strengths, their strategies and values. When our cultures and ways of living are attacked in the material world, we keep them strong in our stories, planting them in the hearts and minds of all who hear them, all who will pass them on. Stories connect us to our past and shape our futures, helping us to imagine alternatives, to envision the dreams towards which we can collectively mobilize. Here, storyteller meets storyer as Fidaa Ataya and Dovie Thomason come together to hear, share, and shape stories for this moment. What follows is an edited and abridged version of their spring 2025 conversation.
