Finding Your True Voice Through Tragedy with Storyteller Devan Sandiford

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Episode Summary:
Sometimes we feel like it's much easier to shut our eyes to injustices because they may not be affecting us directly, but in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." In this episode guest, Devan Sandiford and I discuss how we found our voices through all the injustices and made room to be our full selves.

About the Interviewee:
Devan Sandiford was born and raised in Southern California, where spent his childhood and young adult years keeping his personal stories hidden from almost everyone. Then feeling a voice within him longing to be heard, he moved to Brooklyn with his wife and two sons, hoping to push himself out of his comfort zone and find the power in his voice. Devan is now a published writer, an award-winning storyteller, and the program manager of community engagement at The Moth. His stories have been featured in the Washington Post, The Moth Radio Hour and Podcast, NPR-affiliate KNKX, and more. Devan has also been interviewed on parenting, race, and identity in The New York Times and Washington Post. He’s currently working on his debut book—Human, Like You: Confessions of a Six-year-old Father.

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