TSA Mission Statement
Tejas Storytelling Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering the appreciation of storytelling as an oral tradition, a performing art, and an educational tool.
Board of Directors
President – David Claunch
Vice President – Open
Treasurer – Dalton Gregory
Secretary – Peggy Helmick-Richardson
Affiliate Guild Liaison – Kathy Culmer
Awards Chair – Gene Helmick-Richardson
By-Laws and Procedures Committee Chair – Brooks Myers
Festival 2022 Artistic Director – Jaye McLaughlin
Fundraising Committee; Nominating Committee Chair – Elizabeth Ellis
Membership Committee Chair – Jacqui Rash
Parliamentarian – Chester Weems
Youth Storytelling Committee Chair – Sue Kuentz
At Large
Sandra Aguirre-Magana
Rick Davis
Betsy Mosier
Hank Roubicek
Tejas Storytelling Association Non-Discrimination and Justice Statement
The Tejas Storytelling Association is organized and operating with the purpose of seeking out and encouraging audiences and storytellers from diverse backgrounds including but not limited to age, race, ethnicity or nationality, color, religious beliefs, gender, sexual orientation or gender identification, health or physical disabilities, and experience.
We firmly commit our organization to equality, fairness, safety, and justice for all. Whenever and wherever we gather we commit to providing a safe and inclusive environment.
We oppose acts of harassment, hate, or violence against groups or persons based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, or economic status. We oppose injustice and oppression in whatever forms they might take.
We commit our organization to operate in a way that represents the best practices of environmental stewardship.