A traveling roadshow is coming to Atlanta, bringing art combined with activism, and a goal of uniting communities behind their members with developmental disabilities. The show is “Treasure Maps: The Georgia Storytelling Roadshow.”
The pop-up theatre will screen films about people around the state who are navigating life with a developmental disability. It will be accompanied by vendors, installations, food trucks, and live music.
The Atlanta stop on the Georgia roadshow happens this Saturday, July 10, at Legacy Park in Decatur, with WABE’s “All Things Considered” host Jim Burress co-hosting the event. LaTonya Harris is a roadshow volunteer, and mother of one of the featured storytellers, her daughter Faith. Shannon Turner is the founder and Creative Director of StoryMuse, the company that partnered with the Georgia Council of Developmental Disabilities to produce the Treasure Maps project. Harris and Turner both joined “City Lights” Senior Producer Kim Drobes to share their excitement about Treasure Maps, its storytellers, and the push for legislative progress that the show makes its priority.
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