Real people, relevant and engaging conversations. Becoming comfortable with being uncomfortable.
Overview
The purpose of the Laugh, Cry, Cringe: Storytelling Series is to create safer, braver spaces to engage in conversations that explore current events and personal stories of lived experience, while unmasking misconceptions about various groups/communities/people.
Laugh, Cry, Cringe aims to normalize conversations around anti-oppression in a respectful way, encouraging participants to share their perspectives and ideas, going beyond the surface level approach. Our hope through this initiative is to bridge current gaps between our diverse communities through dialogues of understanding and respect, and to create more inclusive and sustainable learning environments for students and the broader community.
Each session will include a different speaker, perspective and topic led by students, staff, faculty and/or community members. Look out for upcoming sessions by following @utmedo and @harthouseuoft
Session Topic
In this session, Melissa will share her story about how she got into comedy and the nature of the fame that came her way. Melissa will then discuss how she uses comedy as a positive tool in her life and how comedy can be used as a means of creating relationships.
Host
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Melissa Deleary
Melissa Deleary (Anishinawbe & Dene) is a founding member of Manifest Destiny’s Child, a comedy collective of Indigenous women. In her short rise to and fall from fame, she performed at Elvira Kurt’s Funny AF showcase, ROM After Dark, and Dawn Patrol: Girls Girls Girls. Her writing has been featured in CBC Comedy, The Canadaland Guide to Canada and in the one-time staged play, Nasty Kwe.
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