Can music help us make sense of our moment?
It’s a mad, mad world for a woman. A noisy one, too. Here a “shut up and sit down,” there the procreationist directive to “hurry… Read More »Can music help us make sense of our moment?
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Art, memory, and resistance. What does AI have to do with it?
AI for Peace in the Global Response to Violence Against Women and Girls – a day long conference on the margins of the 70th Session… Read More »Art, memory, and resistance. What does AI have to do with it?
Heartbreak & Hope: Our 2025 year-end report.
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.
Bearing literary witness at Yale University’s Jackson School.
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.
Using Story to Change the World, and Transform Ourselves: A Printers Row Lit Fest dialogue.
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.
Writer, reader, force: What Sandra Cisneros means to us.
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.
The future isn’t going to write itself: Our conversation about story, social justice and the art of bearing witness.
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.
The Stories We Tell is heading to Dallas Sept. 13 & 14. Apply today!
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!
Our writing workshop for survivors of gender-based violence is coming to 6 US cities this summer/fall. Apply now!
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!
The Power to Change, our initiative to support healing through storytelling, debuts in Morocco.
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.