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.
Sandra Cisneros, the acclaimed poet, short story writer, novelist, and essayist, has been selected to receive the 2025 Harold Washington Literary Award. This prestigious… Read More »Honoring Sandra Cisneros at the Harold Washington Literary Awards.
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!
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.
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.
We know from history and social justice movements – particularly the movement to end human trafficking – that the stories of those who have lived… Read More »A Story Changes Everything: Ivana De Maria and Anne K. Ream at the World Without Exploitation National Convening.
At Center for Story & Witness (formerly The Voices and Faces Project) we know we cannot experience violence or dislocation without experiencing trauma. And trauma… Read More »How do we heal from trauma? One story, and one song, at a time.