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Here’s just one way the stories told impact lives:

TEREZ’S HEART BROKE AT THE THOUGHT OF NEVER HEARING HER BROTHER’S VOICE AGAIN.

In 2019 the unthinkable happened, Louis had a stroke that took away his ability to speak. “This brilliant, articulate man who loved language and inspired the same love in me was reduced to babbling,” Terez remembers.

Fourteen years ago, Terez submitted a short video documentary to First Person Arts called “Looking for Lucy.” Her brother Louis, then vibrant, was featured in it but Terez couldn’t find the video anywhere, so she reached out to First Person Arts in hopes that we had an archived copy.

Our part-time archivist was able to find the analog video in 2019. Unfortunately, the archives department didn’t have the capacity to digitize the video for Terez. In 2021, thanks to the generosity of the Independence Public Media Foundation, First Person Arts hired Michaela Prell as our full-time archivist! Finally, we were able to digitize “Looking for Lucy”, and send it to Terez and her family.

Connecting with each other can be hard. Linking people and communities through storytelling is what we do at First Person Arts.  In addition to providing an embracing environment for you to share your truths—your stories—we have also allowed communities from all walks of life to hear and learn from these stories. To gain a different perspective, to feel less alone, to come together.

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