The Power of Telling: Why Our Stories Must Survive
“Let’s keep reminding each other: our stories survive because we continue to tell them. Period.” Ava DuVernay
Reading that Ava quote, It felt like a whisper from my grandmother’s kitchen.. Not because it was new, but because it was familiar. It reminded me of something I had always known but had, somewhere along the way, tucked into the back pocket of life’s busyness: I am a storyteller. I come from storytellers. And stories are how we survive.
I grew up in the presence of voices that painted worlds. Women who could turn a simple pot of soup into a parable. Elders who didn’t just recount events—they passed on wisdom, encoded in laughter, caution, and grace. I learned how to listen before I learned how to speak. And when I finally spoke, I realized I was echoing generations.
But life, as it does, got loud. Got fast. Got practical. And somewhere in the shuffle of building programs, shaping policy, and navigating transitions, I forgot that storytelling wasn’t just a tool—it was a lifeline. Not just for others, but for me.
It was during my TEDx talk, There Is Power in Your Story, that I reclaimed this truth. I stood on that stage not just as a speaker, but as a witness. A witness to the resilience of my ancestors, who told stories to stay sane, to stay connected, to stay alive. A witness to the women I mentor, I have met, who find themselves in the telling. A witness to myself—who is still learning that authenticity is not a luxury, but a necessity.
Storytelling is joy. It is history. It is pedagogy. It is protest. It is prayer.
And when we tell our stories in our own voice—unfiltered, unpolished, unafraid—we do more than entertain. We remember. We reclaim. We resist.
So let me never forget:
That the passing on of stories saved lives.
That the telling of stories is an act of love.
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