Alec Lichtenberg is an embodied storyteller, educator, and youth advocate based in New York City (Lenapehoking). He comes from German Jewish and Irish Catholic ancestry and aims to forward racial equity and social justice through his work. Growing in a loving home, Alec was medicated against his will for ADHD as a child. Later, he found tools of self-connection and repair by studying dance/storytelling, particularly forms of the African Diaspora, with master teachers Chris Walker, Dohee Lee, Anna Halprin, and Reverend Nafisa Sharriff.
As an artist/researcher, Alec is interested in exploring perspectives on the intelligence of bodies, including how we grieve, connect, remember, imagine and act. He believes in the emergent questions that young people possess and is a committed advocate for making creative, safer spaces for their self-development, expression, and choice-making. Alec has taught extensively in jails, juvenile detention, psychiatric, and hospital settings in New York City and internationally. He holds a master’s degree in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University.
This episode was produced on the unceded ancestral territory of the Kiikaapoi, Peoria, Bodéwadmiakiwen, and Miami. This episode was edited by Emery Ann, with original intro and outro music by Marc Young.
