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Hi! My name’s C. Meranda. I’m a narrative strategist, theatre-maker and urban planner. I work with people to reimagine our relationship to the places we live in and each other. With Diksha Pilania, I’m the co-founder of Why Wow Studio, a design practice creating inspiring spaces for dialogue to spark civic imagination.

As a facilitator, I offer capacity building services to organizations and groups: conflict engagement, evaluation and impact assessment, opportunities for introspection and reflection, strategic planning, and leadership coaching.

In my creative and community-engaged work, I explore these questions: Who are we? What do we stand for? How do we want to be remembered? I spark learning about the past to dream liberatory futures and develop community-directed responses to injustice.

In everything I do, I use popular education practices, where everyone is a teacher, everyone is a learner, and we all work together to shape the future we want to see.

Explore my site to learn more. Connect with me here.

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