We'll explore how history's — and today's — iconic and lesser-known leaders have used narrative to create social change in "Your Story is Your Power," an #EVAW2023 presentation.

Powerful storytellers are powerful change creators. We’re exploring why, and how, at the End Violence Against Women International Conference.

• Explore ways that storytelling and testimony have created political change across history and social justice movements;


• Consider the unique role that storytelling has played in the movement to end gender-based violence, even before the #MeToo era;


• Think critically about the ethics of sharing or representing the stories we have witnessed, particularly in our increasingly interconnected, globalized world;


• Speak to lessons we can learn from iconic movement leaders and opinion shapers (Bob Dylan, Dolores Huerta, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr.), contemporary change creators (novelist Dorothy Allison, global hip hop star Sister Fa), and the international community of gender based violence leaders Anne has collaborated with through her work with The Voices and Faces Project.

We’re making news, one narrative at a time: Watch the Comcast Newsmakers video about The Voices and Faces Project’s award-winning testimonial writing program.

Comcast Newsmakers, the longest-running news and public affairs platform of any cable operator in the country, was created to recognize national trailblazers and engage them in meaningful conversations about issues, ideas, and community challenges.

With a focus on individuals and organizations doing work that is making a measurable, national impact, the newsmaker series lifts up those who are creating change in truly innovative ways.

The Voices and Faces Project is proud to be an addition to the Comcast Newsmakers series. We sat down with journalist Tetiana Anderson to discuss the power and purpose of our testimonial writing program, the ways that personal narrative can break through ideological barriers during these politically polarized times, and how graduates of our writing workshop are using their testimonies and writing to call the world to not just compassion, but social action.

OUR STORIES ARE OUR POWER:
How survivor narratives are driving the
movement to end gender-based violence and exploitation.
An End Violence Against Women International Conference Presentation
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
CHICAGO, IL
REGISTER HERE

CELEBRATING IMPACT:
Third Annual World Without Exploitation Gala
April 20th, 2023
VIRTUAL
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THE STORIES WE TELL:
A testimonial writing workshop for survivors of gender based violence
June 24-25, 2023
Sojourner Peace Center
MILWAUKEE, WI
For more details email janet@voicesandfaces.org

WE TELL STORIES:
THE WORLDWE LITERARY CONVERSATION SERIES
A dialogue between memoirist Hannah Sward and Voices and Faces Project founder Anne K. Ream
Q2, 2023 DATE TBA
VIRTUAL