{"id":15,"date":"2026-01-22T17:13:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T17:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/storylab\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-01-28T02:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T02:26:08","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/storylab\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2a8ae82da5d0c4f4dc01a4d89c9532a2 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-308d341c wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-color:#b3b3b3;border-style:dotted;border-width:1px;border-radius:0px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:30px;box-shadow:none\">\n<p><strong>Stories are the foundation of community<\/strong>, and stories move people to move mountains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Macaulay Story Lab (MSL) is designed to bring our community together through storytelling and to help students become powerful and effective communicators of their stories and purpose for a wide variety of audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecunyfilmfestival.com\/storylab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">inaugural Story Slam<\/a> took place April 26th, 2025, where Macaulay students shared stories about their personal crossroads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div 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