Speaker Series
The Revolutionary Act of Listening
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The MƒA Thursday Think Speaker Series brings accomplished speakers who dive into cutting-edge topics in STEM education to MƒA. These talks, held once a month throughout the school year, invite MƒA teachers and the general public to learn and engage with these thought leaders and professionals in mathematics, science, and education.
In this talk, Eve Abrams explores how deep listening is an act of generosity and respect; it demonstrates to people that they matter, their stories and ideas matter, and their voices are important. In Eve’s work, she has found that active, respectful listening is a crucial ingredient for both teaching and crafting beautiful, evocative audio documentaries. It is through sharing and hearing one another's stories, and being proximate with one another's realities, that we can transform our world into a more just and creative place. "The universe is made of stories," wrote the poet Muriel Rukeyser, "not atoms."
Eve Abrams is a radio producer, writer, audio documentarian, and educator whose work centers on amplifying the voices from her adopted hometown, New Orleans. She produces the audio project Unprisoned, which tells stories at the intersection of the criminal legal system and human lives. Unprisoned was a Peabody finalist, has received several awards including a Gabriel, and is the foundation for Eve's TED talk, The Human Stories Behind Mass Incarceration. Eve's radio stories air on a host of national programs and podcasts such as Reveal, Morning Edition, Marketplace, All Things Considered, 30 for 30, and This American Life. Eve’s writing can be found in the New Orleans Atlas Unfathomable City, Fourth Genre, and Louisiana Cultural Vistas. She is the co-author of the book, Preservation Hall. Eve was a 2017 Robert Rauschenberg Artist as Activist Fellow. She has been a classroom teacher for 25 years and taught grades 3-6 for a decade in a New York City public school.