What Makes Chester Home?

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Title
What Makes Chester Home?
Rights
PUBLIC ACCESS TO CHESTER DIGITAL STORIES
Chester Digital Stories are a community resource – an opportunity for all of us to share experiences and promote continued conversation around a wide range of topics and issues relevant to the city of Chester, Pennsylvania. We encourage everyone to listen to and view our digital stories and share them with family and friends.

Use of Chester Digital Stories by individuals, organizations and institutions is restricted to non-commercial use. Educators, writers, filmmakers, scholars, and other interested individuals, organizations and institutions seeking to copy and/or use excerpts from or the entirety of any Chester Digital Story must request permission from the Chester Digital Story Advisory Board. Please contact advisorscds@gmail.com for complete information.
Creator
Chester Digital Storytelling
Date
2020
Description
What Makes Chester Home? was the theme for our very first effort to collect a set of digital stories in April and July 2020 and continuing into 2021. We teamed up with Lisa Nelson-Haynes, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Young Playwrights and expert storytelling facilitator, to host story circle events in the spring of 2020. We worked with a small group of Chester residents to develop their unique storylines based on the prompts “What Makes Chester Home to You?” and “How Do You Know You Are In Chester?” The end result is eight digital stories promoted through social media and made publicly available on the CDS page of the Chester Made website.


Place
Chester, Pennsylvania
Publisher
Chester Digital Storytelling
Chester Made, Pennsylvania Humanities Council

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    Deborah Montgomery is a Chester Made Champion who advocates for the arts and humanities in Chester, PA every day. She shows her love for her city through good memories of the historic waterfront, her love of gardening, and sharing stories with and about the people who make Chester home to her. Check out how Debbie remains creative and creates beauty everyday in her community.

  • One Click Away

    Ricky L. Taylor is a poet, author, and motivational speaker from Chester, PA. "Uncle Ricky,” as he is called by his students and mentees, dedicates his life wholeheartedly to helping more youth in his hometown overcome the obstacles he faced: helplessness, hopelessness, insecurity, and confusion, and replace them with hope, help, security, and direction. Through the work of the Making A Change Group and other non-profit organizations, this budding entrepreneur has become one of the new faces for change in Delaware County. Follow Uncle Ricky (@UncRicky) on Instagram for performance updates, book releases, speaking engagements and community events.

  • Amanda's Chester Story

    Amanda Johnson of Visions Video Pro has helped document numerous community discussions and programs in Chester. Now she tells her sentimental Chester story as a dedicated advisor to Chester Digital Stories.

  • Twyla's Chester Story

    Twyla "Ms. T" Simpkins is the founder and director of The Yes We Can Achievement & Cultural Center, and has led numerous Chester Made history programs, including the 2018 humanities summer Camp LegaCy: Making My Museum. In this story, Ms. T reminisces about what has always made Chester home to her.

  • Stefan's Chester Story

    In his Chester Matters Blog, local journalist Stefan Roots brings us the latest and greatest in Chester news, including coverage of many Chester Made events. In his Chester story you'll hear why it's no surprise he always knows what's going down in Overtown.

  • Jean-Pierre's Chester Story

    Jean-Pierre founded CMPRadio.net with the intent of being a strong and positive voice of his city. Joining the Chester Digital Stories Advisory Board is just one more way of spreading this and other uplifting stories in Chester.