Workshop creator Anne Ream introducing Northwestern University students to the work of The Voices and Faces Project.

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Students discuss the role that social entrepreneurial initiatives can play in changing attitudes about violence against women.

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Workshop facilitator and Voices and Faces Project founding member Michelle Lugalia challenges a student breakout group to think differently about social media and change.

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Voices and Faces Project member Jessica Brown (left), Anne Ream (center) and a Northwestern student listen in on a group discussion about how the media represents sexual violence - and how we can "take that media back."

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The best part of our Voices and Faces Project workshop? The candid, lively dialogue.

A Northwestern University student team discussing the best way to engage men in the movement to end sexual violence. We loved their smart, surprising ideas.

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Molly Harris, a member of our Voices and Faces Project team, led a breakout group and shared her thoughts on how visionary health and wellness programs can lead to sexual violence survivor healing.

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Our team at The Voices and Faces Project believes that silence is the enemy of change - so it was great to see so many students engaged in a robust debate about the role that traditional and new media can play in the fight to end sexual violence and trafficking.

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Northwestern students putting the finishing touches on their group presentation. We were wowed by their ideas!

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The great energy in the room during our "Creating Change" workshop was palpable.

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Students discuss how to fund a visionary social entrepreneurial program, especially when it may be new to funders who have focused on more traditional advocacy or direct service programs.

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Staying focused is key. Students debate which of their ideas best supports our Voices and Faces Project mission: bringing the names, faces and stories of survivors of sexual violence and trafficking to the attention of the public.

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Professor Danny M. Cohen listens in on the student discussion. Thank you, Professor Cohen, for being "ground zero" for our new Voices and Faces Project workshop.

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Seeing so many male students becoming engaged in the fight to end sexual violence was inspiring - and gratifying.

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A Northwestern student answering a question about how he would raise awareness of his group's proposed program.

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The students and Professor Cohen applaud our Voices and Faces Project team: Jessica Brown, Patricia Evans, Molly Harris, Michelle Lugalia, and Anne K. Ream.

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Is it a universal law that the best discussions happen after class? The Voices and Faces Project's Michelle Lugalia, Anne Ream and Molly Harris chat with students after the workshop.

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Change. We know it when we see it — and we can usually feel it when it is happening. But can we really create change? The Voices and Faces Project recently debuted a new interactive workshop — "Unsilencing Public Policy: Creating Programs That Create Change" — that explores this question, and challenges audiences to create their own social-entrepreneurial programs. Our workshop considered two of The Voices and Faces Project's most effective creative initiatives (our first indie-rock benefit CD, and our testimonial writing workshop) and then challenged the student audience to develop their own social change programs. The workshop - which debuted at the Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy - was created by Voices and Faces Project founder Anne Ream through a dialogue with Northwestern University scholar Danny M. Cohen. "Unsilencing Public Policy: Creating Programs That Create Change" is a workshop that can serve as a call to action for students, activists and advocates who wish to think creatively, effectively and differently about pursuing social justice goals. To find out more about bringing our newest workshop to your community, email us.

The Voices and Faces Project, recently named one of "America's Best Charities" by the board of directors of Independent Charities of America, has been recognized by the United States Department of Justice as part of the "new generation" of anti-violence leaders. We're working to change minds, hearts and social policy by helping survivors to tell their stories and by introducing those stories into the public square. We need your support to continue our work. Donate Today.