WHO OWNS OUR STORY?

WHO OWNS OUR STORY?

The NAPPI StoryStand is a live, interactive storytelling activation where people pause, reflect, listen, and share the stories shaping them.
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Bring StoryStand to Your Event

Bring StoryStand to Your Event

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[DRAFT2] FRONT COUNTER PANEL (31x27) A booth becomes a portal.
A QR code becomes an invitation.
A question becomes a conversation.
 

What is the StoryStand?

Tell A Story. Hear A Story. Be Part Of The Story.

StoryStand is a mobile storytelling station designed for festivals, community events, cultural gatherings, campuses, conferences, and healing-centered spaces. It invites people to answer prompts, listen to NAPPI stories, share reflections, and connect with Ad Astra Sankofa’s broader community ecosystem.

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HOW FOLKS ENGAGE

LISTEN

Folks scan the QR code and enter the NAPPI world.

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JOIN

Folks can subscribe, donate, attend events, enter the portal, or invite StoryStand elsewhere.

REFLECT

Folks respond to prompts like “Who owns our story?” or “What story shaped you?”

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SHARE

They may speak, write, record, or submit a reflection through a consent-based pathway.

StoryStand IS IDEAL FOR:

Community Festivals

StoryStand transforms community festivals into interactive spaces for storytelling, reflection, connection, and cultural dialogue through live prompts, QR engagement, and community-centered conversation.

BIPOC / Black / Latino / Indigenous cultural events

StoryStand honors cultural memory, lived experience, and collective voice through storytelling rooted in identity, resilience, and community care.

Women’s community justice events

StoryStand offers a supportive space for women and caregivers to share experiences, wisdom, healing, and truth in community.

Arts and storytelling gatherings

StoryStand expands creative gatherings through participatory storytelling, reflection prompts, and audience engagement.

Wellness and healing spaces

StoryStand invites participants into gentle reflection and community connection through consent-based storytelling experiences.

School, campus, and youth events

StoryStand engages students and young people through interactive prompts that encourage voice, identity exploration, and meaningful conversation.

Food, culture, and family-centered events

StoryStand creates welcoming opportunities for families and community members to connect through shared stories, humor, memory, and cultural expression.

Vendor fairs where organizers want deeper engagement

StoryStand transforms passive foot traffic into meaningful interaction by inviting attendees into live storytelling and reflective participation.

WHY ORGANIZERS LOVE IT

StoryStand gives attendees something meaningful to do. It creates a point of connection, slows people down, encourages reflection, and gives your event a memorable community-centered activation beyond ordinary vending.

 

  • Increases engagement
  • Creates meaningful attendee interaction
  • Supports storytelling and cultural reflection
  • Can be adapted for family-friendly, justice-centered, or arts-based spaces
  • Works with QR, audio, written prompts, and live facilitation

Choose the StoryStand Format:

Tabletop StoryStand

Best for vendor fairs and small community events.

Full Booth Activation

Best for festivals, larger gatherings, and high-foot-traffic events.

Guided Story Circle Add-On

Best for organizers who want a deeper facilitated experience.

Podcast / Audio Capture Add-On

Best when organizers want community reflections, interviews, or post-event media.

BUILT WITH CONSENT & CARE

Participants are never pressured to share. StoryStand can operate as a listening space, reflection station, written prompt table, audio booth, or guided conversation point depending on the event and comfort level of attendees.

BRING StoryStand TO YOUR EVENT

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Want to help us bring StoryStand to more community spaces? Your support helps cover printing, setup, travel, facilitation, audio tools, and Dignity Access participation.