On Wednesday, April 10, 2024, over 75 people from Washington University attended this special event at the Third Degree Glass Factory. This community gathered to connect and find meaning through their diverse experiences of personal growth, insight, wisdom and vulnerability. Stories told by Sajal Tiwary, Christopher Noda, Lorien Carter, Monica Lim, Emily Podany, Naazia Azhar, Imran Nizamuddin, Shourik Dutta, Katherine Holzem and Lisa Gong were specifically selected out of several submissions. Newly introduced this year, visual artwork was also submitted and selected to be included in the evening festivities by Susrutha Puthanmadhom Narayanan, Nimansha Jain and Veronica Guerra.

Group of storytellers and visual artists pictured above (not in order): Sajal Tiwary, Christopher Noda, Lorien Carter, Monica Lim, Emily Podany, Naazia Azhar, Imran Nizamuddin, Shourik Dutta, Katherine Holzem, Lisa Gong, Susrutha Puthanmadhom Narayanan, Nimansha Jain and Veronica Guerra.
A few excerpts of the stories shared from this year’s In Our Words: Finding Meaning event:
All past and future stories submitted and presented at the event will be archived on digitalcommons.wustl.edu and are available upon request.