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.
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Books Distributed
75+
Communities
7,500+
Volunteers
1,500+
Stories Shared
As Seen On:
Missing My Sister Coping With and Managing Suicidal Depressing
Jennifer’s story written by Christine Rhine God, just let me die, I whispered. Everybody will be better off. I poured the pills into my hand and hesitated. I thought of my husband and of our daughters. All their lives they would have to live with my decision. At prom. At graduation. On their wedding days. I know that […]
Helicopter Mom The Challenges and Rewards of Motherhood
“I hope when my daughter grows up, I will be her best friend like my mom is to me.”
A Cultural Racial Identity Struggle A Woman's Journey to Learn Her True Self
“Since my return from India, I know who I am and to whom I belong. I am no longer restless in search of my cultural identity.”
No Second Chances: Life with a Permanent Record A Woman's Road to Sobriety and Being a Mother
“I am not my crimes. I want to be remembered for more than that.”
What’s on the Menu? A Teenage Conversation About Race
“My parents and the R.A.C.E. Group that we attend have taught me, through dialogues and activities, to remain calm and not retaliate from a place of hate—but to think things through and then answer from a positive place.”
