MyStory Day

The Anne Frank Project’s MyStory Day is exclusively for local high school students. We invite selected students from local schools to Buffalo State University for a day of interactive workshops and performances that teach and inspire students to improve the world through their stories.

MyStory Day 2024: Ideas+Action=Justice

APRIL 17, 2024 | 9 AM to 1 PM

SUNY BUFFALO STATE UNIVERSITY

PROGRAM

The 2024 MyStory Social Justice Day will reflect on AFP 2023’s theme: Ideas + Action = Justice, but through the lens of high school students and their experiences.

Here’s breakdown of what MyStory Social Justice Day 2024 will look like:

The AFP staff will welcome students and teachers and create a safe environment for everyone to share their story.
In this workshop participants will explore the history of jazz music and dance both art forms have their roots in African culture and its connection to the African American experience. Jazz is a unique art form that embodies freedom born out of the struggles of the African American people and have been shaped by their unique experience in America.
Retrograde - Our Buffalo State University students will perform their newest AFP play followed by a workshop to kinesthetically process the lessons of the play.
It’s on us!
In this interactive workshop, participants will engage in an exploration of social justice issues, guided by the principles of Ujima - the collective responsibility and cooperative ethos of building and maintaining community. This workshop will emphasize the principle of making our community's problems our problems, and acknowledging the interconnectedness of individual experiences within the collective fabric of society.
The AFP staff will lead students to process what they are feeling into action after a day of powerful stories.

ATTEND

MyStory Day is open to high school students and teachers.

AFP hosts 100 students from selected schools.If you interested in bringing your school to this event, please contact the Assistant Director, Jonise Hall, to reserve your spot!
MyStory Day takes place right at the main hub for Buffalo State Students, the Campbell Student Union. A campus map is provided to teachers.
An AFP staff member will escort students and teachers from Cleveland Hall to the venue. We do not pay for transportation. Schools must schedule their own transportation.
Lunch includes vegetarian and vegan options. Other accommodations can be made as well!

UNPACKING THE THEME

You Matter.
Your Story Matters.

This year’s theme directly reflects the core of our mission: Ideas + Action = Justice. This simple equation spells out the necessity of following our ideas with action if we desire impactful results.

We live in a world where the ‘Twitter-verse’ and ‘TikTok-land’ can falsely reward ideas presented in isolation. Ideas without action require, no courage, no research, and no truth; all fitting underneath the umbrella of ‘Reaction.’ Reactions do not require education and they have no lasting impact. When Ideas are followed up with Action positive impact becomes possible; This is a ‘Response’ not a reaction.

AFP’s MyStory Day 2024 is the ideal platform for learning how to respond vs. react to your worlds—this is the only way to make positive personal and social change: Justice.