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Building Community Through Listening

Johnny Trinh • TEDxBearCreekPark

"Community is the place where our stories intersect..." Johnny D Trinh, explores ways we can build community through art and listening. Viewers are asked to consider: how we acknowledge each other’s stories, the people we choose to silence, and the people we choose to listen to. Johnny shares about being the artist-in-residence at the John Howard Society Pacific in partnership with the Community Arts Council of Vancouver (CACV). Johnny D Trinh is an interdisciplinary, community-engaged, spoken word poet.

"Community is the place where our stories intersect..." Johnny D Trinh, explores ways we can build community through art and listening. Viewers are asked to consider: how we acknowledge each other’s stories, the people we choose to silence, and the people we choose to listen to. Johnny shares about being the artist-in-residence at the John Howard Society Pacific in partnership with the Community Arts Council of Vancouver (CACV). Johnny D Trinh is an interdisciplinary, community-engaged, spoken word poet.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxBearCreekPark, an independent event.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxBearCreekPark, an independent event.

Read more about TEDx.