2017
The America we want: An open letter to Lady Liberty
February 2017: Is the America we have the America we want?
Words = Change: Join us for an April 26th Stories On Stage Performance
April 2017: Powerful, purposeful, and theatrical: Join The Voices and Faces Project and Stories On Stage at Words = Change.
Our writing workshop in NYC, featured on Public Radio, & more.
May 2017: Art, storytelling, and social change: The Voices and Faces Project’s writing workshop in New York City.
Photography, testimony, & truth: Partnering with Aperture Gallery in NYC
June 2017: Storytelling with words and images: Our writing workshop at Aperture Gallery in NYC.
Marketing a movement, bringing our writing workshop to Nairobi.
July 2017: Using communications and storytelling to create a better world: The Voices and Faces Project’s “Marketing a Movement” program.
Featured in the New York Times, writing to create change, & more.
August 2017: Private sector, public good: Our “Ugly Truth” campaign is creating change, one city at a time.
Snap judgements and storytellers.
October 2017: Join us at a CAASE event honoring Anne K. Ream and Brenda Myers-Powell.
You give. We change.
December 2017: Creating change through the power of survivor stories is what The Voices and Faces Project is all about. And in 2017, eleven years after our non-profit was founded, we’re creating more change than ever before:
Not without you.
Decemer 2017: We’re using our stories to create change.We can’t do it without you. Donate today.
2016
3/11 @ The Clinton Center: New Rules for Radicals
March 2016: Join The Voices and Faces Project at the Clinton Presidential Center as we debut an all-new lecture: New Rules for Radicals. How storytellers, opinion shapers and subversives are changing the movement to end gender-based violence.
Watch the video:
May 2016: The Voices and Faces Project debuts “New Rules for Radicals” at the Clinton Presidential Center. In March, The Voices and Faces Project was invited to the Clinton Presidential Center to speak about our work and our storytelling vision.
Share your story, change the world.
July 2016: Participate in The Voices and Faces Project’s “The Stories We Tell” testimonial writing workshop. By using our stories in service to not only personal but also political transformation, we become more effective change agents.
True prophets & translators.
August 2016: “Translating” what we know about human trafficking and sexual exploitation into a series of messages that move the general public is what our newest educational workshop, “Marketing a Movement,” is all about.
Healing the world, one story at a time.
September 2016: #TheStoriesWeTell, partnering with the Jewish Women’s Foundation on our writing workshop, & more.
Are you ready to leap?
October 2016: Discover LEAP, our magazine for girls who are loud, empowered, accepted and proud.
The world we want.
November 2016: We’re coming together to create a World Without Exploitation. Watch our video & join our movement.
We can change this.
December 2016: We’re using our stories to create change.We can’t do it without you.Donate today.
2015
Anne K. Ream at the Clinton Presidential Center.
January 2015: At The Voices and Faces Project we believe that a story can change everything. Opening hearts. Altering minds. Challenging us to do more to alleviate the suffering caused by gender-related violence in the US, and beyond our borders.
Words = Change: Our 2015 writing workshop schedule.
February 2015: “The Voices and Faces Project’s writing workshop helped me transform the pain of sexual violence into a fuel that can change the world.”
The Ugly Truth campaign
March 2015: It’s not marketing, it’s a movement: Our anti-trafficking campaign reaches the European Union, and beyond.
“Mad Men” for The New Republic, talking testimony on Canadian Public Radio
April 2015: Media representations have the power to change the way we see the world — and ourselves.
Gorgeous and Good (your RSVP is requested).
May 2015: Right-this-moment designer Stacey Bendet, the creator of the award-winning Alice and Olivia fashion line, is so inspired by The Voices and Faces Project‘s work on behalf of women that her store is hosting a shopping night for us and we want you to be there.
Healing the world, one story at a time:
June 2015: Our Jewish Women’s Foundation-supported writing workshop series. The Stories We Tell, partnering with the Jewish Women’s Foundation on our writing workshop.
The American Ideal versus the American Real:
July 2015: Naccache & Ream for Thomson Reuters. When it comes to violence against women and girls, is America keeping its promise to the world – and to itself?
Read. Discuss. Share.
August 2015: Lived Through This Discussion Guide. We’re excited to share the Discussion Guide with you and hope it encourages insightful and thought-provoking discussion.
We tell ourselves stories so we know how to live:
September 2015: Our Fall Writing Workshop Schedule. “We tell ourselves stories so we know how to live,” Joan Didion famously wrote.
TESTIMONY & TIKKUN OLAM:
October 2015: How the stories of survivors are changing the movement to end gender-based violence. Tikkun Olam, which literally translated means “heal the world,” has come to connote social action and the pursuit of social justice.
Every story matters:
November 2015: Reaching formerly incarcerated girls with our newest writing program. No story left untold, no girl left behind: Our newest Voices and Faces Project writing program.
Not without you.
December 2015: In 2015, The Voices and Faces Project created more change than ever before. Every story has power and purpose.
2014
The Writing Workshop
March 2014: “The Voices and Faces Project’s writing workshop reconnected me to myself through writing, in a process with others which I never experienced before. Through the sharing, I became more whole than I thought possible.”
How far would you go to tell a story?
April 2014: Nine years ago, writer and Voices and Faces Project founder Anne K. Ream and documentary photographer Patricia Evans embarked on a unique journey.
June writing workshop in NYC
May 2014: The Stories We Tell can change the world: Join us for our June writing workshop in NYC.
Trafficking isn’t just a global problem. It’s a local one.
May 2014: On any given day, over 16,000 women and girls are prostituted or trafficked in the greater Chicago area.
Sexual violence + storytelling:
June 2014: A Story Changes Everything: A Printers Row Lit Festival discussion about testimonial writing and the fight to end gender-related violence.
Why They Flee: Ream and Ramírez for The New Republic
July 2014: Is the child migrant crisis a rape and trafficking crisis?
At The Voices and Faces Project we love a good conversation and a great celebration.
October 2014: At The Voices and Faces Project we love a good conversation and a great celebration.
Give a gift, get a book.
December 2014: The Voices and Faces Project has ambitious plans for 2015. We’ll be expanding our writing workshop to reach deaf survivors of gender-related abuse…
2013
Give the gift of support, get the gift of music from Neko Case
January 2013: Our year. Your gift. Make a donation by 1/31 and get a FREE Voices and Faces Project benefit CD.
Lived Through This: a journey, a memoir & a mission
February 2013: How far would you go to tell a story?
The Violence Against Women Act Passes
March 2013: Six powerful Voices and Faces Project stories. One key goal met: the Violence Against Women Act has passed.
Sex trafficking, prostitution and The Ugly Truth
April 2013: The truth about prostitution and sex trafficking? There’s nothing victimless about it.
Rap isn’t always the problem. Sometimes it’s the solution.
April 2013: There’s been a lot of talk about rap music in the wake of the rape-glorifying single recently released by Rick Ross, one of the genre’s most successful musicians.
How did we get to The Ugly Truth?
May 2013: We’re making an impression with our anti-trafficking campaign. Over 200 million of them, actually.
Beautiful Fools
May 2013: One of the most exciting aspects of The Voices and Faces Project is that it brings together a truly diverse group of women and men engaged in the fight to end sexual violence and trafficking.
A novel way to support a writing workshop for survivors of gender-based violence.
June 2013: Who says a man can’t make a difference in the movement to end violence against women?
Advertising and violence against women.
August 2013: Here’s one thing that our team at The Voices and Faces Project knows for sure: movement leads to friction.
A story can change everything.
October 2013: The story behind the story: Our testimonial writing workshop and its first book, Fault Line.
A special request from Anne K. Ream
December 2013: When we founded The Voices and Faces Project, in 2006, we did so with a simple but ambitious goal: to put names and faces on an issue that too often leaves its victims silent and invisible.
Not Without You.
December 2013: “Testimony is power, and speaking out can change a sexual violence survivor’s life. That’s why I’m so passionate about our Voices and Faces Project work.”
2012
Rocking to End Rape:
April 2012: Part benefit album, part musical Prozac: experience The Angel Band Project.
Bearing Witness to Rape in the Congo
May 2012: The Importance Of Bearing Witness: What are the risks, and rewards, of sharing our stories?
A new workshop at Northwestern University
July 2012: Creating Change: Our Newest Voices and Faces Project workshop debuts at Northwestern University.
Personal Stories, Public Policies—Six Survivors Speak Out
August 2012: We’re not speaking out because it is healing. We’re speaking out because it is necessary.
The Stories We Tell
October 2012: The Voices and Faces Project’s testimonial writing workshop for survivors of sexual violence, domestic violence and trafficking
A Perfect Holiday
November 2012: A benefit for the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation and The Voices and Faces Project
2011
Off the Beaten Path
January 2011: Violence against women is a global human rights issue. How do we get off the beaten path?
Stories on Stage
February 2011:Explore the moving and sometimes surprising ways that women who have lived through violence rebuild their lives.
The Stories We Tell
February 2011: The Stories We Tell: our Testimonial Writing Workshop for survivors.
Benefit Dinner
March 2011: On April 11th Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant Gilt Bar is hosting a benefit dinner for The Voices and Faces Project.
Bandana Project
April 2011: We’re speaking out about sexual violence against immigrant and farmworker women. Please join us.
Visionary Award
June 2011: Visionary Voices: The Voices & Faces Project at the Clinton Presidential Center.
Vocal Impact
August 2011: A benefit concert created to raise awareness of Sexual Violence & Trafficking
Can a Song Save the World?
September 2011: New Zealand indie rock phenom Miriam Clancy will headline Vocal Impact.
A Perfect Holiday
November 2011: A benefit for the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation and The Voices and Faces Project
Stand Up for Women
November 2011: Standing up For Women in the United States, the Middle East, and beyond.
2010
The Women of Atenco, Mexico
September 2010: Can the stories of women challenge and change the world?
Documenting Stories in Canada
October 2010: “Sharing my story with The Voices and Faces Project changed my life.”
The Angel Band Project
December 2010: Making art in the wake of violence: introducing The Angel Band Project