Illinois Storyteller Profile
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| Bio: | Susan O’Halloran is one of America’s top Diversity Speakers and Storytellers. Susan is an author and a producer of Black, White and Brown: Tribes & Bridges at the Steppenwolf Theatre and More Alike Than Not: Stories of Three Americans – Catholic, Jewish and Muslim plus the long-running JustStories Festival. In high school, she became part of an interracial youth group and studied with adults who were working with Dr. King. She has been building bridges between cultures ever since. The Chicago Reader says: "O’Halloran has mastered the Irish art of telling stories that are funny and heart-wrenching at the same time.” Her audiences say: “In an entertaining way, Sue opened our minds to how society still excludes and what we can do to create a more welcoming world!” Susan was a National Storytelling Network keynote speaker and has several times been a featured teller at the National Storytelling Festival. Susan is a diversity consultant with the Chicago-based Kaleidoscope Group serving Fortune 500 companies across the nation. She also teaches diversity workshops and provides curriculum for Chicago Archdiocesan schools. |