The International Storytelling Center, home to the world-renowned National Storytelling Festival and Storytelling Live! teller-in-residence series, is proud to announce the 2021 Young Appalachian Story Summit (YASS), a day-long workshop-intensive event that provides story-based leadership and civic engagement training for young adults in Appalachia.
YASS focuses on how young adults ages 18 to 25 can use storytelling as a leadership tool to help create Appalachiaâs future.
The theme of the 2021 summit is Crossroads, and the programming aims to empower young Appalachians, particularly those of historically marginalized backgrounds, to work together and use the power of storytelling to cultivate a united voice during global unease.