[Online] The Danger of a Single Story
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NOTE: Be mindful of the timezone change in Toronto. (One hour backward)
This will be an online Zoom meeting. Please RSVP on our Meetup for this event to get access to the Zoom link. See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions
Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm and you can join in to the meeting starting at 10:45 am for our open social. Followed by an extended discussion for a half hour. Volunteers please join by 10:30 am.
Stories matter, but all too often in our lives we operate from the perspective of hearing and knowing a single story — about a person, a situation, or perhaps a conflict. We operate from the perspective of the single story unconsciously. The risk of the single story, the one perspective, is that it can lead us to default assumptions, conclusions and decisions that may be incomplete, and may lead to misunderstanding. Operating from the context of a single story can prevent us from a more complex, nuanced view of a situation.
At this Sunday's meeting, we will be watching a TED talk by a Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on this topic. The topic and TED talk will be introduced by Toronto Oasis participant Sonja.
Please RSVP on meetup.
Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!
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