217 Today: Artist traci kato-kiriyama reflects on trauma, healing and collective care during U of I residency

traci kato-kiriyama interacts with an audience member after their talk at the Spurlock Museum on Thursday, Sept. 26. She signed copies of her book, “Navigating With(out) Instruments.”

Friday, October 4, 2024

Today’s headlines:

  • The Youth Literature Festival is now underway in Champaign-Urbana. 
  • Food and building service workers at the U of I Urbana campus have voted to ratify a new three-year contract.
  • A new report shows Illinois’ infant mortality rates are trending down.
  • Illinois’ major natural gas utilities have rolled out the state’s first-ever income-based discount program.

In today’s deep dive, we’ll listen to a conversation with a multidisciplinary artist as they reflect on why it’s important to share our stories and not hold back emotion.

217 Today is produced by Stephanie Mosqueda. Reporting today contributed by Diana Zhang, Jim Meadows, Araceli Gomez-Aldana, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco and Adelyn Mui.

 

Stephanie Mosqueda

Stephanie Mosqueda is a senior majoring in journalism at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with minors in Spanish and public relations. She is the 217 Today producer and a reporter for the Illinois Student Newsroom.