At a time when funding for survivor-centered organizations is tightening, public conversations about basic rights are increasingly polarized, and those of us doing work at… Read More »Heartbreak & Hope: Our 2025 year-end report.
Today, more than ever, the stories of those most impacted by social injustice need to be heard. But how do we challenge those who seek… Read More »Bearing literary witness at Yale University’s Jackson School.
We know from history and social justice movements that stories are among our most powerful tools for creating social change. But how does the… Read More »Using Story to Change the World, and Transform Ourselves: A Printers Row Lit Fest dialogue.
When Sandra Cisneros, an icon of American arts and letters, received the 2025 Harold Washington Literary Award last month, book lovers everywhere celebrated. And… Read More »Writer, reader, force: What Sandra Cisneros means to us.
Today, more than ever, the voices of those most impacted by social injustice need to be heard. But how do we confront those who seek… Read More »The future isn’t going to write itself: Our conversation about story, social justice and the art of bearing witness.
Developed to help those who have lived through or witnessed gender-based violence or other human rights violations use their voices, faces, and stories to call… Read More »The Stories We Tell is heading to Dallas Sept. 13 & 14. Apply today!
Apply today for The Stories We Tell, Center for Story & Witness’s award-winning testimonial writing program for those who have lived through or witnessed… Read More »Our writing workshop for survivors of gender-based violence is coming to 6 US cities this summer/fall. Apply now!
Center for Story & Witness is excited to announce The Power to Change, a groundbreaking storytelling and narrative advocacy initiative taking place in Marrakech, Morocco… Read More »The Power to Change, our initiative to support healing through storytelling, debuts in Morocco.
Anne K. Ream, co-founder of Center for Story & Witness, was recently part of a powerful strategy day held in Oxford, England: Resourcing a Global… Read More »It’s time to resource a global gender-justice movement. How do we get there?
Melva “Mimi” Taylor Grimes – an activist and educator who taught for three decades in Chicago-area elementary schools before becoming a supervisor of teaching education… Read More »Support the Mimi Grimes Scholarship Fund and give the gift of change.