Healing Story Alliance is a not-for-profit, educational, arts organization which provides online resources and concert, workshop, and community programming in support of storytelling as a healing art.
Description
A portion of the Proceeds from this event will be donated to FEEDING AMERICA!
Food connects us to the people and places in our lives, and our food stories help us form connections with others. This workshop will explore the power of sharing food stories to create personal connections between teller and listener, build trust, and address social disconnection. Attendees will learn about Community Plate’s philosophy and methodology around sharing food and stories, and the food-focused story prompts that we use to encourage sharing, listening, and facilitate connection. If time allows, we will break out into small groups and attendees will share their own food stories based on Community Plate story prompts (or by creating their own prompts). Afterwards we will examine the ways we find community and connection through our shared humanity around food and stories.
About the Presenter
Karl Schatz is the co-founder and Executive Director of Community Plate. He is an award-winning journalist and storyteller, who has worked at ABC Television, Time Magazine, Reuters and the Associated Press. Together with his wife and Community Plate co-founder, Margaret Hathaway, he has published seven books on food, farming, and community, including two volumes of the award-winning Maine Community Cookbooks. These books, plus 20 years developing a philosophy and practice around hospitality and community building, provided the inspiration and foundation for the creation of Story Sharing Potluck Suppers. Karl’s work with Community Plate has been featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday, The National Civic Review, The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, and NBC Nightly News. He was featured by Reimagine’s Making Connections web series as one of 25 innovators tackling the loneliness epidemic in 2025.
Date & Time
Sun, Nov 9, 2025 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM