The Voices and Faces Project in Atenco, Mexico.
We’re sharing our stories because
silence is the enemy of change.
The Voices and Faces Project is an award-winning non-profit storytelling initiative created to bring the names, faces, and testimonies of survivors of gender-based violence to the attention of the public.
Voices and Faces Project member Sasha Walters (right), photographed with her sister, Kim.
We’re changing minds, hearts and laws through the power of personal testimony.
A well-told story creates the space for the world to better understand the damage gender-based violence does to victims, families and communities. It breaks through partisan barriers in a way that statistics alone cannot. But our stories, strategically and mindfully told, do something more: They call the world to not just compassion, but social action. And social action is what The Voices and Faces Project is all about.
Joua Lang, a graduate of our Stories We Tell workshop at Mt. Mary College.
Take part in The Stories We Tell, our testimonial writing program.
Since its inception in 2011, The Stories We Tell – an immersive, two-day testimonial writing workshop for survivors of gender-based violence and other human rights violations – has traveled across the North American and African continents and trained over 900 writer-activists. Behind every social injustice lies a story with the power to change the world. If you’re ready to share yours, apply for The Stories We Tell.
Partners in purpose.
The Voices and Faces Project’s award-winning winning storytelling workshop series is returning to The University of Southern California. Apply for a June workshop.
Poet Jessica Helen Lopez, a Rural Women’s Collective Fellow at Justice for Migrant Women and a Voices and Faces Project workshop alum.