Audio Essay for COM 106

2. Pick one of the personal stories listed and answer: ​(Due 2/24)●What was the universal theme?●Did you feel a connection? If so, why? If not, what would have made it better? Part 1: Claire Wu Anderson // Peace Studies Major // Communication and Media Studies Minor Never visited prior to the first day of move in my freshman year Was told about Goucher by my college counselor No one from my school had gone to Goucher, but my counselor had heard about it from “Colleges that Changed Lives” Got in and got a lot of scholarship money, so my parents said that it was the best place to go since we wouldn’t go into debt First time going to Baltimore was to move in Met my close friend circle through my First Year Experience group and a smores night in the Freshman circle Came onto campus thinking I was going to be a International Relations Major, changed to Peace Studies after a Peace Studies class my Freshman year spring I liked Peace more because it was everything I liked about International Relations but with action tied to the findings and the research I liked having an interdisciplinary major way more than having such a focused major Took a Com CPE and really realized how much I liked the study area and how I’ve already been doing what I would be doing in class on my own during my childhood (making home movies, writing play scripts, like social media as a form of sharing art, etc.) Added Com as my minor my sophomore year winter

Assignment: Identify two examples of Digital Storytelling. Use the “What Makes A Good Story”section from Week One and analyze the examples you chos

Assignment: Identify areas in which storytelling is part of your personal, professional andeducational lives. Explain​.

Final Project for COM 106

Claire Wu Anderson is an artist and freelance model. She has worked in fashion as well as social media marketing and promotion for arts-based non-profits. Due to her personal ethnic background (biracial Taiwanese-Swedish American) she has moved around and lived in five different countries throughout her life. This has led her to becoming more and more passionate about the rights of migrants, and those who live in bicultural/multicultural and bilingual communities. Claire works to use her art as a form of activism and advocacy for mental health, racial diversity, and respecting and protecting those from communities that have been systematically oppressed. // THIS PODCAST IS NON-PROFIT. All donations will be going to SWOP Asheville. (website: https://swopusa.org/donate/) Where you can find me: insta: claire.and twitter: heureuxvibes email: [email protected]

Dm or email me other tips that help you! // THIS PODCAST IS NON-PROFIT. All donations will be going to SWOP Asheville. (website: https://swopusa.org/donate/) Where you can find me: insta: claire.and twitter: heureuxvibes email: [email protected] Claire Wu Anderson is an artist and freelance model. She has worked in fashion as well as social media marketing and promotion for arts-based non-profits. Due to her personal ethnic background (biracial Taiwanese-Swedish American) she has moved around and lived in five different countries throughout her life. This has led her to becoming more and more passionate about the rights of migrants, and those who live in bicultural/multicultural and bilingual communities. Claire works to use her art as a form of activism and advocacy for mental health, racial diversity, and respecting and protecting those from communities that have been systematically oppressed.

Like everything I do, this episode become unexpectedly deep.  Let me know what you think!  What are false narratives of relationships you have been unlearning? Claire Wu Anderson is an artist and freelance model. She has worked in fashion as well as social media marketing and promotion for arts-based non-profits. Due to her personal ethnic background (biracial Taiwanese-Swedish American) she has moved around and lived in five different countries throughout her life. This has led her to becoming more and more passionate about the rights of migrants, and those who live a bicultural and bilingual communities. Claire works to use her art as a form of activism and advocacy for mental health, racial diversity, and respecting and protecting those from communities that have been systemically oppressed. // THIS PODCAST IS NON-PROFIT. All donations will be going to SWOP Asheville. (website: https://swopusa.org/donate/) Where you can find me: insta: claire.and twitter: heureuxvibes email: [email protected]

Dm me on Instagram about any thoughts you have and would like to share!  Let's heal together! Claire Wu Anderson is an artist and freelance model. She has worked in fashion as well as social media marketing and promotion for arts-based non-profits. Due to her personal ethnic background (biracial Taiwanese-Swedish American) she has moved around and lived in five different countries throughout her life. This has led her to becoming more and more passionate about the rights of migrants, and those who live a bicultural and bilingual communities. Claire works to use her art as a form of activism and advocacy for mental health, racial diversity, and respecting and protecting those from communities that have been systemically oppressed. // THIS PODCAST IS NON-PROFIT. All donations will be going to SWOP Asheville. (website: https://swopusa.org/donate/) Where you can find me: insta: claire.and twitter: heureuxvibes email: [email protected]

The title says it all. Listen. Learn. Rate this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and everywhere. Let me know what else we should cover?? // THIS PODCAST IS NON-PROFIT. All donations will be going to SWOP Asheville. (website: https://swopusa.org/donate/) Where you can find me: insta: claire.and twitter: heureuxvibes email: [email protected]

Huge Trigger Warning on this episode!  But I thought I would share some really personal stuff with you.  Because, let's not forget how this all started.  Me crying into my phone about love.  Don't say I didn't warn you. // THIS PODCAST IS NON-PROFIT. All donations will be going to SWOP Asheville. (website: https://swopusa.org/donate/) Where you can find me: insta: @claire.and twitter: @heureuxvibes email: [email protected]