Last year’s gathering centered around the theme of cultivating plenty and abundance, a powerful reminder that there’s more than enough when we shift how we see and share resources. This year, the focus turned inward, with participants exploring what they could create on their own, looking at what becomes possible when we move beyond the status quo and recognize the power we currently hold.

Beyond being visually engaging, scribing and storytelling reflect a thoughtful approach to knowledge-sharing. Visual scribing serves as a tool for capturing community insights, lived experiences, and collective wisdom and in a way that’s both accessible and emotionally resonant. It helps document conversations that might otherwise remain ephemeral, and makes it easier to transfer knowledge across generations, especially in movements rooted in ancestral, cultural, and place-ba

As part of their Cultural District Storytelling Series, I created four visual scribing artifacts—capturing real-time conversations, ideas, and themes that emerged from their community gatherings. These visuals served not just as summaries, but as storytelling tools that helped preserve the energy and insight shared in each session.