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Arizona Daily Star to hold storytelling event Wednesday about the holidays

Some holiday traditions endure, even when so much else is different this year. The Arizona Daily Star, in partnership with the Arizona Lottery, will present its third annual holiday storytelling event on Wednesday, Dec. 16. The newsroom promises entertaining, funny, and touchingly heartfelt stories. But the stories are not appropriate for children who still believe in the magic of Christmas. This year’s event will be held virtually and will air 7 p.m. at events.storytellersproject.com and those who register in advance will get a reminder. In a season when so many traditions are impossible, when we can’t be with so many of the people we love, the Tucson Storytellers Project — and the USA Today Network journalists who power it — are offering the community a place to come together safely — in their own homes, said show emcee and project founder Megan Finnerty.

Join us to talk about the stories we wrote about Arizonans with developmental disabilities

This article was produced in partnership with the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. Emory Webster can talk again — and she’s got a lot to say.  Last month, the Arizona Daily Star and ProPublica reported that Emory, who is 11 and has cerebral palsy, had been waiting more than 18 months for a communication device from the state’s Division of Developmental Disabilities, or DDD. The wait was over the day after the story appeared.  “Monday morning I had a text from our service coordinator at DDD that miraculously the talker had arrived and it was in their office,” said her mom, Adiba Nelson. 

Arizona Daily Star to hold storytelling event about the holidays

Join Us for an Event About Our Investigation Into Arizona's Intellectual and Developmental Disability Services — ProPublica

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This article was produced in partnership with the Arizona Daily Star, which is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. Emory Webster can talk again and she’s got a lot to say. Last month, the Arizona Daily Star and ProPublica reported that Emory, who is 11 and has cerebral palsy, had been waiting more than 18 months for a communication device from the state’s Division of Developmental Disabilities, or DDD. The wait was over the day after the story appeared.