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Storytelling Movement Aims To Lift Up Women

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Friday, April 24, 2015   

DETROIT - Flowers are nice and brunch is lovely, but how about giving mom a chance to be heard this Mother's Day? That's the goal of "Listen To Your Mother," a live stage storytelling show which will be held in two Michigan cities this year.

The Metro Detroit show will feature 13 local readers sharing their unique take on motherhood - the good, the bad, and even the ugly. Angela Youngblood, one of the producers, said it's a powerful way to illustrate that we really are more alike than different.

"It really is a way to connect people," she said. "We call it the 'me too' moment when people in the audience feel that they share that story. It's not exactly the same, but they can relate - and it builds community, and it builds connection."

Proceeds from the Metro Detroit show, which will take place Sunday at St. Andrew's Hall in Detroit, will go to Cass Community Social Service's "Mom's Place" program, which helps homeless women with children get back on their feet. More information is online at ListenToYourMotherShow.com.

This year, "Listen To Your Mother" will take place in 39 cities nationwide, in what Youngblood said is part of a storytelling movement. She said words really do have the power to help break down barriers of all sorts.

"It builds compassion and empathy to hear other people's stories and find relatability," she said, "or to realize that your sister or your neighbor that you brought to the show can relate to the mother telling the story about addiction, or the woman that has the homeless mother. It kind of opens up their eyes."

Another "Listen To Your Mother" show will be held May 9 at St. Joseph High School in southwest Michigan. May 10 is Mother's Day.


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