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The Walk For Story

Collective Effervescence and a Chance to Make a Difference

3 min readSep 14, 2020

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Some call it human electricity. It’s when people come together to participate in a shared moment. Collective effervesence. It can be white hot.

We are about to share in one of those moments. Join us.

The Storyteller Foundation Walk for Story on September 27, 2020 celebrates the women writers around the world who tell stories. “Many of us have walked for many things,” says Storyteller Foundation Director, Thom Black. “Cancer, diabetes, saving the planet, victims of abuse. I have never walked or run to celebrate stories.”

People itching to join that shared electricity around story will be walking or running 5 miles to support emerging women writers who are and will be changing the worlds they live in.

Join us in raising $100,000 to invest in the lives of women writers. Story Summit is a safe and inclusive place for all women, including women of color, women with disabilities, LGBTQ women, indigenous women and all faith and non-faith backgrounds. We encourage any who share our passion for gender equality to walk or run with us.

“In the past 9 months, the Storyteller Foundation has financially supported over 100 writers to be able to attend 2 Story Summits,” says Black. “80% of those writers…

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David Paul Kirkpatrick
David Paul Kirkpatrick

Written by David Paul Kirkpatrick

Founder of Story Summit & MIT Center for Future Storytelling, Pres of Paramount Film Group, Production Chief of Disney Studios, optimist, author and teacher.

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