When people hear “data storytelling,” they sometimes imagine charts behaving themselves and numbers lining up in tidy little rows, ready to explain the world. But local data rarely arrives that clean. It arrives partial, uneven, shaped by timing, trust, fear, disclosure, documentation, and all the things human beings carry into a room before they ever answer a question. That is exactly why this work matters. Our next Data Storytelling for Cultural Creatives  session, Reading

A few days ago, Dr. Scott A. Phillips (DBA, JM, MS, USN Ret.) , Research Assistant Professor and UGHCM Interim Director, delivered a powerful introduction to data storytelling  at the University of New Orleans. The session offered a hands-on look at how numbers and lived experience can be shaped into clear, community-ready stories—stories that support planning, advocacy, and real community impact. We will give you the information below to catch you up on everything we have al