{"content":[{"text":"“I Am” Series from Storytellers Project Centers People of Color Stories on National Stage","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.257677,"width":0.718441,"height":0.015151999999999999}},{"text":"USA TODAY Network Storytellers Project announces The “I Am” series to share stories of people \n of color as part of ongoing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion effort.","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.294609,"width":0.754728,"height":0.033775}},{"text":"Storytellers Project, part of the USA TODAY Network, announced today a new, ongoing series of \n identity-based storytelling events. With “I am Hispanic” on June 9, 2021, the event will be \n available to registered viewers on events.storytellersproject.com and simulcast for free to the \n USA TODAY Facebook page and YouTube channel, as well as available on usatoday.com.","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.350189,"width":0.763544,"height":0.07070800000000005}},{"text":"The “I Am” series is part of Gannett’s ongoing mission to tell the stories of all Americans more \n fully and accurately. The series features everyday and notable individuals telling true, personal \n stories celebrating the ways race and ethnicity weave through American identities. In addition \n to “I am Hispanic,” shows will include “I am Black,” “I am Indigenous,” “I am Asian,” “I am \n Middle Eastern” and more.","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.442702,"width":0.751763,"height":0.08901600000000004}},{"text":"On the first show, notable storytellers include Christy Haubegger, executive vice president \n communication/chief inclusion officer, WarnerMedia and founder of Latina magazine, as well \n as Manny Garcia, the vice president and news editor at the Austin American-Statesman and \n Charlie Echeverry, managing director of Black//Brown, a strategic diversity consultancy.","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.553535,"width":0.744819,"height":0.0707080000000001}},{"text":"Each Storytellers Project event showcases a diverse mix of storytellers sharing entertaining, \n funny, charming stories for about an hour. But on these shows, only those who self-identify as \n people of color will share the kinds of stories only they can tell.","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.646048,"width":0.750124,"height":0.05208400000000013}},{"text":"Online, or in-person — when appropriate — Storytellers Project helps people tell true stories \n about who they are, what they do, and why it matters. Since 2016, at hundreds of shows with \n more than 5,000 tellers, the events create community and connection at scale.","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.720227,"width":0.7460450000000001,"height":0.05212200000000011}},{"text":"More on Storytellers Project: \n Storytellers Project is a nationwide series of live storytelling nights in which neighbors and \n notables share true, first-person stories. These events combine oral storytelling and journalism \n to reflect and serve communities, as well as to develop connection and empathy in them. \n Journalists from USA TODAY Network newsrooms manage and host these nights in front of \n audiences of 75 to 1,200. The series has more than 100 nights in 2020, at venues ranging from","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.794129,"width":0.754724,"height":0.10767100000000007}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.117647,"top":0.090909,"width":0.369853,"height":0.163573}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.117647,"top":0.090909,"width":0.369853,"height":0.163573}]}