IMPACT

We’re not just making a difference. We’re making a measurable impact.

Our reach

Through our global network, Center for Story & Witness (formerly The Voices and Faces Project) is creating change in more ways and places than ever before.

We’ve made over 600 million audience impressions with our public-change campaigns, performances, and publications.

And we’ve brought our programs and lectures to over 250 grassroots organizations, helping thousands of survivors, allies, and activists think in new ways about the power and purpose of story.

600M

audience impressions

26K+

activists trained

1,300+

writing program graduates

We’re not just changing laws. We’re changing lives.

A long-term participant impact study conducted by market research firm KGF Insights shows those who take part in our testimonial writing program…

Gain understanding of the role testimony has played across various social movements, seeing themselves as part of a historical fight for justice and human rights.

Are better equipped to connect their personal stories to calls for political and social action.

Engage more actively in the public sphere, writing or speaking about their experiences in ways they had not previously.

Are more likely to amplify the narratives of other survivors of social injustices (the “witness effect”).

Experience a shift in the way they view their own experience, finding purpose in their pain (post-traumatic growth).

Have gone on to publish with major publications, to found NGOs, and to advocate for policy change in U.S. statehouses and on Capitol Hill.

What makes us different makes us effective

At Center for Story & Witness we are …

GLOBAL

We’ve worked on four continents, in 12 countries, and over 40 U.S. states.

COLLABORATIVE

Brought our programs and lectures to over 250 grassroots organizations.

RESULTS-FOCUSED

Trained over 26,000 activists through our narrative advocacy trainings.

IMMERSIVE

Graduated over 1,300 writers from our testimonial writing program.

IMPACTFUL

Made over 600 million audience impressions through our public change campaigns, performances, and publications.

EFFECTIVE

Contributed to and changed state and federal law through our coalition-driven, story-focused advocacy efforts.

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