Every Community Has a Story, What's Yours?
Episode 11 of The Facing Project is available now! You hear a story. You are moved by that story. What do you do next? This story from Facing Hunger in Manhattan, Kansas, helped community members at Kansas State University realize how some of their students were food insecure. They heard the … [Read more...]
Episode 11 of The Facing Project is available now! Each Facing Project seeks to create empathy and understanding through stories that inspire action. "Stories that Inspire Action" that's the theme of our newest episode. That action may be as immeasurable as the community connections and … [Read more...]
Join us on September 7th from 7-9 at Cornerstone Center for the Arts for our The Facing Project's Storyteller Concert: featuring Cliff Ritchey, Josh Kaufman, and Daniel Deitrich. Each singer-songwriter will play his favorite songs and share the stories behind them. Four storytelling teams will … [Read more...]
Join us on September 7th from 7-9 at Cornerstone Center for the Arts for our The Facing Project's Storyteller Concert: featuring Cliff Ritchey, Josh Kaufman, and Daniel Deitrich. Each singer-songwriter will play his favorite songs and share the stories behind them. Four storytelling teams will … [Read more...]
We're celebrating Pride Month with stories from those in the LGBTQ+ community who have shared with us. They were ready to share, and by sharing, their stories can help others. To read more of their stories, we have two books you can download: Wittenberg's Facing Intolerance book Muncie's … [Read more...]
Can you find the Marshall Islands on a map? Did you know that from 1946 to 1958, the United States dropped 67 bombs on the islands? The combined explosive power of the bombs if spread out equalled 1.6 Hiroshima-size explosions each day . . . for 12 years. In Episode 9 of The Facing Project … [Read more...]
Sometimes the day-to-day of our lives can feel repetitive. We go through motions, live the routine, taking for granted the "normality" of it all. But then sometimes a bomb gets dropped on our lives and in an instant everything changes. In Episode 9 of The Facing Project Show we hear from two … [Read more...]
Diversity makes our communities stronger, more colorful, more interesting, more adaptable places to live. But to fully appreciate those who are different than us, we have to be near them. Are you spending time with people who are different than you? The theme of Episode 8 of The Facing … [Read more...]
A mom asks people to see her daughter with autism for who she is on Episode 8 of The Facing Project. The stats: According to the CDC 1 in 59 children are diagnosed with autism. Ask Dana's Story As told to Clarissa Bowers from Facing Autism in Muncie, Indiana –Performed by … [Read more...]
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...]
