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0000017b-01f0-d19f-ab7b-19f504c50002A mobile storytelling project from WKAR Current State, Residential College in the Arts and Humanities at MSU, and community partners.

Pop-Up Stories: Growth = Getting Ears Pierced

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Amanda Pinckney
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WKAR-MSU

We are excited to host our next Pop-Up Stories event for the first time in Jackson!  It will be this Thursday at 7 pm at the Ella Sharp Museum. The theme is "random acts of kindness." Click here to sign up. Meanwhile, here's a story from our last event in Meridian Township. 

A young man takes a bold step to separate from his family’s belief system by donning an accessory that will sure to be ridiculed.

Meet Pop-Up Storyteller Patrick Morgan as he shares his story of finding his courage at our last storytelling event in Meridian Township.

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