Primary Courses: Relational Communication, Communication, and Culture Time: One to two class sessions Learning Outcomes: Key Terms: Oppositional gaze, Counter-narrative, Storytelling, Identity Sharing stories is a useful tactic for connecting theory and practice. Developed not only to allow for accessible use of digital tools to make theoretical points but also as a reflection of bell hooks’ pedagogical orientation, this activity provides early exposure to multimodal methods and experimental teaching and learning—where students are making media while analyzing preexisting media. Responding to recent efforts to limit notions of “safe space” in college classrooms, this activity offers ways to engage student experiences in real time to collaborate on definitions and examples of what it means to feel a sense of belonging. I use this activity as a tactic toward building a classroom environment that considers students’ everyday experiences. This activity reiterates the importance of knowledge/experience-sharing and creates room for challenging preconceived notions about space and community.