Joy Young
Joy Young
storyteller • poet • activist-scholar
storyteller • poet • activist-scholar
JOY DOES STORY AND POETRY WORK IN:
Performance
I've performed poetry and storytelling on stages and in classrooms across the country (and on zoom). I've featured at literary, storytelling, arts, and music festivals, college events, fundraising events, LGBTGIAA+ events, and more. I've opened for folks such as Andrea Gibson, Buddy Wakefield, Sonya Renee Taylor and Denise Jolly. Currently, I am the co-host and co-producer for The Storyline Slam, so you can catch me on stage and/or come tell your own story at Changing Hands Bookstore in Phoenix monthly.
Email me for information about having me perform.
Facilitation & Teaching
I create poetry & storytelling workshops, storytelling circles and a variety of trainings for others interested in writing, performing, and teaching with experience teaching virtually, in-person and hybrid techniques.
I employ an array of teaching tools including identity mapping, writing/story prompts, storyboarding, partner sharing, and more to ensure a dynamic learning experience, facilitate creativity, and create connection to the self as well as others. My work centers affirmative feedback methodologies and seeks to be trauma informed in its approach.
Email me for more information on workshops and/or facilitations.
Collaboration | Consultation | Story Coaching
I've done an array of projects from curating stories into book formats, to story coaching with individuals and groups including museums and non-profit organizations looking to tell their stories and the stories of the people they serve.
Some of my work has focused on narratives for policy, advocacy, and fundraising work.
Email me for more information on these services.
Research
I completed my MS in Justice Studies at ASU, but continue to engage with work related to storytelling and pragmatic applications of storytelling, including finding spaces to utilize my capstone project, an informational workbook titled Your Story is More than a Survival Guide.
Your Story is More than a Survival Guide is an open-source storytelling guide for individuals and groups. Along with more information on the project, the workbook is available, free of charge, here.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
I am so fortunate to have been introduced to Joy Young while planning one·n·ten's inaugural National Coming OUT Day storytellers event in 2021 and have partnered with them again in 2022. Joy's professionalism, experience, and demeanor were an instant match for our organization. After our first meeting, Joy immediately understood the event's goal and created an outline and detailed plan on how they would work with the storytellers to prepare them for success. I was so impressed by how Joy helped each storyteller take us on a journey while adhering to the parameters set forth. Joy assisted all our storytellers along their journey to become confident, well-versed, and proud to share a very personal part of their lives with an audience of strangers. It did not matter how experienced each of them was; Joy could provide as much or as little support as the storytellers needed to feel confident. Joy is a pleasure to work with, and I look forward to continuing our partnership! I highly recommend Joy to anyone seeking guidance on crafting an oral story or other literary events.
Clayton Davenport, one·n·ten Director of Development and Marketing
Joy's work comes from a place of passion and willingness to be vulnerable, immediately disarming the participants from any barriers that would prevent one from joining the space in an authentic way. As a group, we were able to learn about the skill and preparation it takes to have a good story circle experience with a balance of both being shown and told. We connected with each other to discuss commonalities and celebrate differences and came away ready to conduct our own story circles.
-Layal Rabat, Asian Pacific Community in Action Empowerment and Advocacy Manager
Find me
JoyYoung@asu.edu
