Digital Media
E-Stories
The E-Stories Project provides an infrastructure for sharing and documenting the individual experiences of community members through digital storytelling. These experiences form the basis of a shared narrative of the SIUE and East St. Louis communities. The initiative is modeled after the Humans of St. Louis project. Humans of St. Louis is a 501(c)(3) that shares first-person stories and photographic portraits of people and places in St. Louis. In the aftermath of Michael Brown’s murder and protests in Ferguson, Humans of St. Louis documented the perspectives of St. Louis residents and members of the Ferguson Commission to bring attention to the reports’ calls for action, including racial equity. In utilizing this structure, as well as building on it by bringing in theater and other visual arts, and highlighting the day-to-day lived experiences of East St. Louisans and SIUE students, staff and faculty who call East St. Louis home, we hope to present a more positive image of the city and raise awareness about the effects of structural racism on the city.
- Social Media Platforms
- Press Releases
- Black Theater Workshop
- University of Illinois - Springfield Lunch and Learn Series
