Communications Training

Our communications training workshops are designed to train exonerated individuals how to communicate their experiences effectively for advocacy and other public speaking. Storytelling is a powerful and healing way to cope with trauma and stress. It can help exonerees express, reframe, and connect with their experiences.  Storytelling has an important role in advocating for yourself, for others, and for change. And speaking skills can lead exonerees into paid speaking opportunities.

Upcoming Workshops

  • October 27, 2024 – intro workshop, Phoenix, Arizona (Arizona residents only)
  • April 25-27, 2025 – Ashland, Oregon
  • October 3-5, 2025 – Chicago, Illinois

If interested, please email workshop@prunofund.org to get the registration form.

Quotes from previous attendees:

“I would describe this workshop as informational, inspirational, and dedicated.”  —Armando Ortiz, spring 2024 participant

“The most beneficial thing I learned was how to trust in someone again when they show genuine care and to recognize my emotions.” —Karla Baday, spring 2024 participant

“It is the empowering of each other. We hear each other’s stories. We have suffered the way that they have. And it is in there that the power comes.” —Obie Anthony

“For so many years, I’ve had to keep this aspect of what I’ve gone through as secret as possible. Being able to open up and actually tell my story has brought a certain release, a certain freedom, a certain healing to make me feel at peace with myself.” —Darwin Crabtree

Communications Workshop May 2024

If you would like to learn more or be included on our list for upcoming workshops, please email us at workshop@prunofund.org.

We also have some links to free online resources, here.