Every Community Has a Story, What's Yours?
A college student, decides that self-love is more important than letting other people define her worth on Episode 7 of The Facing Project. The stats: 91% of women are unhappy with their bodies and resort to dieting to achieve their ideal body shape. Unfortunately, only 5% of women naturally … [Read more...]
Shannon Brown is diagnosed with autism and bi-polar disorder. On Episode 7 of The Facing Project Shannon shares his inner thoughts and how listening to him and allowing him to make choices has improved his life. The Storyteller: Shannon Brown The Story: Chasing the Sunset A man with autism and … [Read more...]
(Kelsey researching his book in Kenya. Photo by Kelly Campbell of the Village Experience.) I sent my friend, Rozy, in Nairobi $200. She was able to enroll in college. $200 = college I sent my friend Collins in Kenya $15. He sent me a note that he’d be able to eat for the month and focus on … [Read more...]
Think about the mothers, daughters, aunts, and friends in your life as you read this stat from the CDC: The Stat: "1 in 3 women and 1 in 6 men have experienced sexual violence involving physical contact at some point in their lives. Statistics underestimate the problem because many victims do … [Read more...]
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Bring The Facing Project Model to Your Community The Facing Project works with colleges, universities, and communities to equip citizens with the tools and resources necessary to organize and share the stories of their neighbors through acts of empathy (listening, writing, storytelling, writing, … [Read more...]
Mott Community College is running a Facing College project focusing on the stories of immigrant students. They recently received coverage on Flint's ABC channel 12. Everyone has an opinion of what should be done politically about immigrants, even people who don't even know or have conversed with … [Read more...]
She didn’t know the story was mine. That the boy in the story with autism was my son, Griffin, that the narrator was my wife. Yet as Anne, our volunteer reader, read in front of the packed room at Cornell University with a photo of Griffin behind her, she got choked up. I thought she was going to … [Read more...]
Facing Project board member Stephanie Fisher was walking past Muncie Central High School and saw a scarf tied to a chain link fence next to a note that read: “Feeling cold? Take these to warm up and share the love! Happy New Year!” “I smiled when I first saw it,” Stephanie wrote in her … [Read more...]
