May 18 2023
Evening of Remembrance: Exploring the Economic History of Tallahassee's Southside

Evening of Remembrance: Exploring the Economic History of Tallahassee's Southside

Presented by City of Tallahassee at Cascades Park

Since October, 2022, students at Florida A&M Developmental Research School in Tallahassee have been learning about and conducting oral history interviews during an afterschool club called the Soul of Southside Storytelling Society. To date, approximately 20 students have recorded at least 30 minutes of storytelling from community elders who attended or worked at their school from the 1950s through to the 1990s. These students will showcase their final projects at WFSU Studios and each be given the stage to share their experience as well as a creative response to the information they learned – presentations will include but not be limited to short podcast-style stories, a visual portrait of the interviewee or spoken word rhyme or song.

This event is curated by the Soul of Southside Arts and Humanities Festival/Southside Redevelopment Advisory Council, in partnership with FAMU Developmental Research School/FAMU College of Education, WFSU Studios, and FSU Center for Leadership and Social Change and funded in part by Florida Humanities. Special thanks to WFSU Studios for opening their facility to our student “storytellers,” youth entrepreneurs, and local musical acts to create a culturally dynamic event. Although space is limited in-studio to students and their families, elders/interviewees, youth entrepreneurs and families, staff, and musicians, we invite the community to view this presentation on Facebook LIVE. The celebratory showcase will highlight the accomplishments of our students, allow youth entrepreneurs a three-minute opportunity to do a live "pitch" of their business in an infomercial style, and feature musical interludes at designated breaks in the program.

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Dates & Times

2023/05/18 - 2023/05/18

Location Info

Cascades Park

Tallahassee, FL 32301