Louder Together, Center for Story & Witness’s crowdsourced poetry project, seeks to create video poetry that speaks to a range of human rights and social justice issues. Each crowdsourced poem in the series utilizes the voices of those who have lived through or witnessed an injustice, and uses their words as a call to social and political action. We work closely with trusted allies – including Surviving the Mic, Justice for Migrant Women, and World Without Exploitation – to reach communities where they are in order to create work that is inclusive, representative and change-focused.
Every crowdsourced poem begins with a national poetry “all-call” to activists, writers, and – most importantly – those who have lived through or been impacted by a specific social injustice. Lines of poetry from selected submissions are then woven into a final, crowdsourced piece by a writer affiliated with Center for Story & Witness.
We believe that powerful poetry deserves to be heard in as many ways and places as possible. So the Louder Together team at Center for Story & Witness brings each of our crowdsourced poems to life, either through a video, live performance, or one of our literary publications.
We can’t wait to get loud with you!
Watch the debut video in our crowsdsourced poetry series.
Partner with us on Louder Together.
