Reflections on Generosity
Social Science/History | Available (Membership Required)
Generosity can be exemplified in many ways. For example, people can be generous with their money, time, ideas, love, kindness, empathy, compassion, support, affirmation, smiles, hugs, self-sacrifice, and other things that we hold dear. These and other forms of generosity can benefit family, friends, co-workers, and the community. In
this workshop, we will reflect on the ways that generosity has been part of our life experience.
Duane offered these workshop more than 600 times in the last fifteen years, and all of them bring him much joy because he gets to hear lots fascinating stories that people share. Duane gets excited about these workshops just as much today as he did when he first started offering them.
People tell him that his excitement is pretty obvious. During the workshops, he will discuss questions that focus on memories. Then jot down ideas, and then they are shared. It’s interesting to see how sharing stories evokes memories for others in the room. It’s very contagious. Of course, those memories spark a wide range of emotions too, and some of those emotions get our eyes to water a little. There is always plenty of laughter in the room. Duane's hopes that you will consider joining him for some of these workshops so that the members can help one another tell stories about their experience.
Duane Roen
Duane Roen has been tracing his roots since his teenage years, building a database with more than 32,000 ancestors. He and his wife, Maureen Roen, have also been recording their family history since 1978 by writing more than 19,000 daily journal entries on their children and other family members. Combining his professional and personal interests, Duane worked with colleagues to establish courses on writing and recording family history at Arizona State University. He also is founding coordinator of the Project for Writing and Recording Family History in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts at ASU.