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Building Empathy through Conversation

Story Exchange is a simple conversation activity that encourages pairs to learn more about each other’s stories of origin

By Kevin Yang

Text that reads Moving Lives MinnesotaL Stories of Origin and Immigration, Story Exchange

Story Exchange is an activity for two people to share their stories of origin and immigration with one another.

The free and printable placemat folds into a half sheet booklet with instructions to guide the conversation. It also folds out into a sheet where you can document your response.

You can also complete Story Exchange digitally through a shared Google slide. You can make a copy of the slides and edit them on your own Google Drive.

Upon completing a Story Exchange, we invite you to share it with others. Each participant should sign a media release and either scan or photograph both sides of the completed document. E-mail completed releases to Kevin Yang at [email protected]. Your Story Exchange will then be featured on our Facebook and Instagram and Story Collection.

You can find a printable PDF of Story Exchange at: Printable Story Exchange PDF

A pamphlet describing the Story Exchange project with instructions on how to submit
The inside pages of the Story Exchange with primpts
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