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Facing Communities

The Facing Project model has been used in over 100 communities across the country. Check out the different topics, communities, and stories below.

Abuse

  • Muncie, Indiana, Facing Teen Dating Violence

Addiction

  • Union College (Knox County, Kentucky), Facing Addiction
  • Union College (Knox County, Kentucky), Facing Addition–Phase II
  • Drug Free Adams County (Adams County, Indiana), Facing Substance Abuse
  • Winthrop University (York County, SC) Facing Heroin & Opiate Use
  • Ball State University (Muncie, IN) Facing Addiction

Autism/Disabilities

  • Muncie, Indiana, Facing Autism
  • Muncie, Indiana, Facing Disabilities
  • Principal Financial (Global), Beyond Face Value
  • University of Missouri-Kansas City (Kansas City, Missouri), Facing Inclusion

Community Activism/Voice

  • Chicago School of Professional Psychology (Chicago, Illinois), Facing Two Chicagos
  • Cornell College (Mt. Vernon, Iowa), Facing Free Speech
  • Lindsey Wilson College (Adair County, Kentucky), Facing Social Disruption: A Facing Project (Rural)
  • University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois), Being Neighbors: A Facing Project (Town/Gown)
  • University of Dayton (Dayton, Ohio), Facing Community Change
  • University of Northern Iowa (Waterloo, Iowa), Facing Community Belonging and Citizenship
  • University of North Carolina-Wilmington (Navassa, North Carolina), Facing Community Change
  • University of Northern Colorado (Greeley, Colorado),  Facing Change: Reflections on Civic Health & Social Trust
  • University of Colorado Boulder (Boulder, Colorado), Facing Home
  • University of Colorado Denver (Denver, Colorado),  Facing Gentrification & the Legal Cannabis Industry

Gun Violence

  • Dayton, Ohio, Facing Gun Violence

Higher Education/Life After High School

  • Ohio Northern University (Ada, Ohio), Facing the Future Beyond High School
  • UCLA (Los Angeles, California), Facing Access to Higher Education
  • Michigan State University, Facing College: Diverse Student Voices
  • Central Michigan (Mt. Pleasant, MI), Facing College: First Generation Students’ Stories
  • Newberry College (Newberry, SC) Facing Educational Access

High School

  • Muncie, Indiana, Facing Teaching

Homelessness

  • Fort Wayne, Indiana, Facing Homelessness – FEATURED ON NPR!
  • Brenau University (Gainesville, Georgia), Facing Homelessness
  • Saint Mary’s College (South Bend, Indiana), Facing Homelessness
  • University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Western Technical College, & Viterbo University (La Crosse, Wisconsin), Facing Homelessness

Housing

  • University of North Carolina-Asheville (Asheville, North Carolina), Facing Affordable Housing

Illness/Disease

  • Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana), Facing Cancer
  • Winston-Salem State University (Forsyth County, North Carolina), Facing Health Disparities

Immigrant/Refugee

  • Fontbonne University (Clayton, Missouri), Undocumented Students in Higher Education: A Facing Project
  • Guilford College (Greensboro, North Carolina), Facing Immigration: Refugee Stories
  • Illinois College (Jacksonville, Illinois), Congolese Immigrant Stories: A Facing Project
  • Inclusive Dubuque (Dubuque, Iowa), Facing Diversity: Marshallese Stories
  • Syracuse University (Syracuse, New York), Facing the Youth Refugee Experience
  • Western Piedmont Community College (Burke County, North Carolina), Facing Immigration
  • National Project, Facing Immigration
  • Mott Community College (Flint, MI), Facing College: Immigrant & International Students’ Stories

Incarceration/Re-Entry

  • Marymount University (Arlington, Virginia), Facing Female Ex-Offender Re-Entry
  • Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois), Facing Incarceration 
  • Purdue University North West (Michigan City, Indiana), Facing Incarceration
  • University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), Facing Incarceration

LGBTQ

  • Indiana University South Bend (South Bend, Indiana), Facing Inclusion in the Workplace
  • Wittenberg University (Springfield, Ohio), Facing Intolerance

Mental Health

  • Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana), Facing Depression
  • Davidson College (Davidson, North Carolina), Facing Perfectionism
  • UCLA (Los Angeles, California), Facing Mental Health 
  • Utah State University (Logan, Utah), Facing Depression

Poverty

  • Muncie, Indiana, Facing Poverty
  • Georgia Highlands College & Berry College (Rome, Georgia), Facing Hope
  • McPherson County, Kansas, Facing Poverty
  • Kansas State University (Manhattan, Kansas), Facing Hunger
  • Missouri State University (Springfield, Missouri), Facing Poverty
  • Tarrant County College (Fort Worth, Texas), Facing Socio-Economic Inequality

Racism

  • Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, Bronzeville Neighborhood, Illinois), Facing Stereotypes
  • Muncie, Indiana, Facing Racism
  • University of Missouri-St. Louis (Ferguson, Missouri), Facing Trauma, Youth Resilience, and Healing

Sexual Violence

  • Atlanta, Georgia, Facing Sex Trafficking — FEATURED ON NPR!
  • Washington and Lee University (Lexington, Virginia), Facing Sexual Violence

Veterans

  • Kentucky Wesleyan College (Owensboro, Kentucky), Facing Faces–Stories of Veterans: A Facing Project

Youth/Mentoring

  • Muncie, Indiana, Mentoring in Muncie: A Facing Project
  • South Bend, Indiana, Facing Voices of Teenage Girls

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