Hello! I'm leading a workshop on Wednesday, April 15 at the Kalmanovitz Library in CL 213-214 from 12 - 1 p.m. (UCSF ID required to attend), see below, and come join us!
Register at tiny.ucsf.edu/FOWF
2025 UCSF Library Artist in Residence, Michelle Memran, presents Finding Our “We” Forward: Who Tells the Story of Brain Change, and Why Language Matters.
This story-centered workshop explores how personal narratives can challenge stigma and cultivate connection around dementia-related diagnoses. Drawing inspiration from the
@UCSFLibrary HIV/AIDS Epidemic Collection, the session examines storytelling practices that emerged at a pivotal moment in public health advocacy—when firsthand testimony, collective voice, and acts of witnessing became vital tools for both care and change.
Michelle Memran, a documentary filmmaker, invites participants to consider how language shapes lived experience, how stigma reverberates through individuals and families, and what it means to advocate for ourselves and others facing often misunderstood, multifaceted illnesses.
Through guided reflection and creative storytelling exercises, participants will reflect on how telling a story—our own or a loved one’s—can connect us and expand our shared understanding.
This workshop explores how to move from isolated experiences toward a shared “we,” and how reclaiming narrative agency can reshape our understanding of dementia and catalyze a much-needed care revolution.
[Image Description: Text promoting the April 15 event Finding Our “We” Forward: Who Tells the Story of Brain Change, and Why Language Matters hosted by UCSF Library Artist in Residence, Michelle Memran. Pictured up top are two of Michelle's collaborators: On the left is advocate and care partner Diana Pagan, a smiling woman with gray hair in a ponytail and wearing glasses, and on the right is her son Brother John-Richard Pagan, an advocate living with Lewy body dementia, smiling with a shaved head and gray beard wearing glasses.]
#dementiaawareness #hivawareness
![Hello! I'm leading a workshop on Wednesday, April 15 at the Kalmanovitz Library in CL 213-214 from 12 - 1 p.m. (UCSF ID required to attend), see below, and come join us!Register at tiny.ucsf.edu/FOWF2025 UCSF Library Artist in Residence, Michelle Memran, presents Finding Our “We” Forward: Who Tells the Story of Brain Change, and Why Language Matters.This story-centered workshop explores how personal narratives can challenge stigma and cultivate connection around dementia-related diagnoses. Drawing inspiration from the @UCSFLibrary HIV/AIDS Epidemic Collection, the session examines storytelling practices that emerged at a pivotal moment in public health advocacy—when firsthand testimony, collective voice, and acts of witnessing became vital tools for both care and change.Michelle Memran, a documentary filmmaker, invites participants to consider how language shapes lived experience, how stigma reverberates through individuals and families, and what it means to advocate for ourselves and others facing often misunderstood, multifaceted illnesses.Through guided reflection and creative storytelling exercises, participants will reflect on how telling a story—our own or a loved one’s—can connect us and expand our shared understanding.This workshop explores how to move from isolated experiences toward a shared “we,” and how reclaiming narrative agency can reshape our understanding of dementia and catalyze a much-needed care revolution.[Image Description: Text promoting the April 15 event Finding Our “We” Forward: Who Tells the Story of Brain Change, and Why Language Matters hosted by UCSF Library Artist in Residence, Michelle Memran. Pictured up top are two of Michelle's collaborators: On the left is advocate and care partner Diana Pagan, a smiling woman with gray hair in a ponytail and wearing glasses, and on the right is her son Brother John-Richard Pagan, an advocate living with Lewy body dementia, smiling with a shaved head and gray beard wearing glasses.]#dementiaawareness #hivawareness](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6747472666683456292224_0_04a962234e96422290519524a81f93ef.jpg?o=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&h=b1933e6e9cda09ea83095c54b072835f)
