PLUS ME Annual REPORT
2023 - 2024
Storytelling is at the very center of our work. With more than ten years of experience under our organizational belt, this year we wanted to test our limits and expand in new directions. We actively sought out opportunities to grow awareness of our work outside of California and to create new workshop series that are responsive to the needs of the communities we serve. The declaration from the U.S. Surgeon General calling attention to the growing epidemic of loneliness was a primary inspiration for this expansion. The need is clear and urgent. Shifts in the educational landscape in LA meant fewer schools had the budget to bring in our programs, making it harder to reach students. Our response to both challenges was to establish a place that helps people connect through story: thus, the PLUS ME Storytelling Center was born.
