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Witnessing Testimony and Transformation: Reflections on a weekend of honesty, laughter and tears from Voices and Faces Project team member Kali Casab.
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“On the weekend of November 13 and 14, I was honored to be in the room and witness Testimony & Transformation: Telling a New Story About Mass Incarceration, a writing workshop for returning citizens and formerly incarcerated persons. Created to help participants reflect on their experiences of incarceration and shape those experiences into transformative narratives, Testimony & Transformation is a writing program that seeks to transform individuals, challenge communities, and create a more accurate story about what mass incarceration means to all of us.
A community of workshop participants, each of whom received a full scholarship into the program, held space for one another as they came together to reflect, write and respond to a series of real-time writing exercises and a curated reading packet. A special thanks to Anne K. Ream, Jimmie Briggs, and R. Clifton Spargo who co-created this program; to our partners at Contextos and Illinois Prison Project, who led the charge in bringing a powerful community of leaders into the room, and to Illinois Humanities Council for supporting this important workshop. Most importantly, a huge thanks to the eloquent, beautiful persons in the room. This weekend of honesty, laughter, and tears left me with an open heart for an issue each of us need to better understand. Here's to pushing for change!” — Kali Casab
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Hey, writers: Take part in our Stories We Tell Writing Workshop February 5 and 6 in Los Angeles, CA. We’re accepting applications now! |
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The Stories We Tell, The Voices and Faces Project's two-day testimonial writing program for survivors of gender-based violence and other social injustices, is being offered in person February 5 and 6 in Los Angeles, CA. With a focus on memoir, fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction and spoken word, this award-winning storytelling program isn't just about developing writers. It's about creating community.
During each Stories We Tell workshop a cohort of between 13-15 emerging and established writers and activists come together to read and discuss culture-changing literature and representation… take part in a series of innovative, real time writing exercises… share creative work in moderated, trauma-informed feedback sessions… and strategize on how to use our personal narratives to create political change. Find out more and apply today!
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December 11 & 12, 2021
THE STORIES WE TELL:
A virtual writing workshop for survivors and witnesses of
gender based violence
February 4, 2022
CREATING CHANGE: TESTIMONY & STRATEGIC STORYTELLING:
In person educator workshop, in partnership with The University of Southern California Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
LOS ANGELES, CA
February 5 & 6, 2022
THE STORIES WE TELL:
A writing workshop for survivors and witnesses of
gender based violence.
LOS ANGELES, CA
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Applications due Jan. 14 2022
February 2022 (exact date TBD)
WE TELL STORIES:
A virtual literary conversations series, will feature Voices and Faces Project Founder Anne K. Ream in conversation with novelist and Pushcart Prize nominee Chris Stark.
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Our stories are our power.
At The Voices and Faces Project we’re using them to create 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. Through our educational and advocacy trainings, survivor story archive and signature program, The Stories We Tell — an immersive, two-day testimonial writing workshop for those who have lived through or witnessed gender-based violence or other human rights violations — we seek to change minds, hearts, and public policies through the power of personal testimony. The Voices and Faces Project has been named one of America's Best Charities by the board of Independent Charities of America, and is a registered 501c3 organization.
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