Stags Share Stories: Conversations That Connect Us - 11/12

Date: 11-12-2025

Location: DiMenna-Nyselius Library and online

All Fairfield University students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend Stags Share Stories: Conversations That Connect Us on Wednesday November 12th. This event is co-sponsored by the DiMenna-Nyselius Library and the Office of Student Diversity & Multicultural Affairs, with much-appreciated participation from faculty, staff, students, and alumni, volunteering as "Storytellers," who are sharing their personal life experiences that address stereotypes, prejudices, or misconceptions about their identity.

Drop by the Library between 1-4:30pm to speak to a Storyteller in-person

Register for an evening online session, at 7pm or 7:30pm, to speak with a Storyteller on Zoom.

Link to register: https://libcal.fairfield.edu/event/15269639

FYE Multicultural credit available.

Catalog of Storytellers for the in-person event:

Brainstorm: Life After Neurosurgery

Depresh Mode: Living and Thriving with Bad Mental Health

Dual Battles: Overcoming Addiction and Mental illness

Ex-Priests Need Not Apply: On Being a Non-Person

Familial Mental Health

Fat Is Not a Dirty Word: My Journey Away from Diet Culture

Foster Care As The Ultimate Pro-Life Action

I Was in a Cult for 25 years

I'm Just a Kid and Cancer's a Nightmare

More Than a Miracle: Life After the NICU

Overcoming an Eating Disorder

The Path is Not Always Straight!

Where Do I Start? The Journey from a Refugee Camp to Here

Yahweh - Our Loving Father!

Catalog of Storytellers for the virtual evening event:

Between Two Worlds

I Was in a Cult for 25 years

I'm Just a Kid and Cancer's a Nightmare

Jewsuit Educated

Overcoming Obstacles

Proud Catholic Mother of a Gay Son

For more information, contact Ivelisse Maldonado / ext. 7116 / imaldonado@fairfield.edu