The Facing Project
Every Community Has a Story, What's Yours?
Connecting people through stories to strengthen communities.
Communities + Campuses
Share stories of citizens through the talent of local writers, artists, and actors.
Stories
Writers take on the voice of their subjects and write about them.
Speaking
Bring us to your campus or community to talk about the power of stories.
20,000
Books Distributed
75+
Communities
7,500+
Volunteers
1,500+
Stories Shared
As Seen On:
A Long Road Travelled 74 Year Old Charles Payne on Living Through Jim Crow, How Far We've Come with Racism, and How Far We Have to Go
“Education is the key to escape the bonds of racism. Both society and individuals must be educated to overcome the destruction of racism.” – Charles Payne
Irene Ernest’s Story One family's journey from the Marshall Islands to Iowa
“The pharmacists taught us how to take care of ourselves with the medicines that we take and we learned how to prepare our food.”
Love, Hope, and Music Being Yourself In the Face of LGBTQ Intolerance
“My aunt, who goes to that church, told me ‘If they are going to treat you like that, then they aren’t a real church and they don’t deserve you.’ So I left.”
Facing Diversity: Marshallese Stories Inclusive Dubuque Shares Stories from One of the City's Most Vulnerable Populations
After WWII, the US used the Marshall Islands for Nuclear Bomb Tests. Now, Many Island Natives Are Making a New Home in Dubuque, Iowa.
Eli Asbury Underwood The Struggles and Victories of Finding Your Place in College
“So I changed my major. And I felt alive. I knew this change was necessary and the most amazing part was that I found my place.”
