Double Take. Est. 2018. Tell your story.
One of the centerpieces of the University of Virginia’s 2018 inauguration celebration of Jim Ryan, the University’s ninth president, was a program near and dear to his heart: Double Take, a community storytelling event.
Based on Ryan’s theme of building bridges, Double Take returns Thursday at 5:30 p.m. and will take place under a tent on the large veranda at Carr’s Hill, 鶹ƽ presidential home.
The topic of the fourth annual, hourlong event is “Life Lessons Learned.”
Seven speakers – drawn from the ranks of students, faculty and staff members – will share stories of resilience, finding belonging, learning from adversity and forging meaningful connections, all in the context of lessons they’ve learned throughout life.
They are:
All of the stories will be told in front of a live audience and the program will be followed by a light reception.
This event is free and open to the public. .
Ryan himself spoke at the first “Double Take” in 2018, , Anne, who was raised in Ireland and later moved to the United States. In fact, Anne attended Ryan’s inauguration celebrations.
A final for Anne, my biological mother who I recently discovered.
New to my life, yet
my oldest life companion.
For me, I thank you.— Jim Ryan (@presjimryan)
The second “Double Take” event, in 2019, featured, among others, , who spoke of her upbringing in Fargo, North Dakota, and her identity as a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mother, an aunt and a provost.
Last year, “Double Take” was a virtual event and featured, among others, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer J.J. Davis and a father-son duo. In 1997, Paul C. Harris Sr. was the first African American Republican elected to Virginia’s House of Delegates since Reconstruction. His son, Paul C. Harris Jr., earned a degree in English from 鶹ƽ College of Arts & Sciences in 2013 and another from the School of Law in 2016.
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