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Shaha: The Storytellers

Why Bring Shaha to your Hall or Campus?

The benefits of peer education
to your audience:

• Your audience is more likely to pay attention to information being presented to them by their friends, classmates, residence hall neighbors, fraternity or sorority members, or teammates because it has been proved that traditional college age students are greatly influenced by their peers.

• You can serve as role models to your peers on how to deal with certain situations.

• You know first hand what your peers will and will not respond to and relate to.

• You can often bring more energy and excitement to a topic, than a professional staff member who is likely to have presented the topic many times before.

(Adapted from Students Helping Students, by Steven C. Ender and Fred B. Newton)

Students who attend Shaha performances will…

• Gain a heightened awareness around issues of diversity and multiculturalism.

• Explore their existing frames of reference concerning their interactions and understanding of individuals different from themselves.

• Learn about diversity and oppression in a safe, comfortable, and non-threatening manner.

• Examine the concept of inclusive communities on campus.

• Expand their understanding of dealing with diversity issues as a result of identifying with scenes and characters portrayed by the troupe.

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