What does it look, sound, and feel like to examine the stories we tell that shape our narratives and build worlds? What could be different if we radically imagine a different way of being and existing and then co-creating it?
Join leaders and practitioners in grounding our understanding of narrative building and storytelling for change as we preview a four step journey that:

1: Grounds one another in the stories that have shaped us;

2: Names those things that must be reimagined;

3: Applies a story-based strategy framework that links movement building with an analysis of narrative power; and

4: Explores the contours of communities of practice that can be containers for further conversation and application with our communities.

This webinar is a part of our Repenting from Christian Nationalism sermon series resources and will offer ideas on how to do a small group practice during the Lenten season but you do not have to be participating in the series to attend this webinar.

Our Presentor: Deaconess Sophia Agtarap (she, siya)

Sophia is a 1.5 generation Filipina American who resides on the traditional lands of the Puyallup people. She works alongside communities in the areas of justice, antiracism, and climate solutions, as they do the necessary work of imagining the world they want to build and animating others to join them in creating a more just society where all may thrive. She is a deaconess in the United Methodist Church.

Sophia earned her B.A. in English, Master in Teaching, and Master of Communication in Digital Media from the University of Washington, and is currently pursuing her Ed. D. in Education Policy, Organization and Leadership with a focus on Diversity, Equity, and sustainability through the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.Sophia is a qualified administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory®–a cross-cultural assessment of intercultural competence.

Sophia is no stranger to public service, as much of her life's work has involved communication, advocacy and engagement in the areas of student success and educational access, immigration, economic justice, healthcare, poverty and homelessness. Sophia works as Race and Social Justice Lead Advisor for the City of Seattle. Prior to this, she led equity efforts in the K-12 sector, Sound Transit, and with the  State Board for Community and Technical Colleges—a federated system of 34 community and technical colleges in Washington.