Pride Stories Celebrate pride month with 2 free books of stories
We’re celebrating Pride Month with stories from those in the LGBTQ+ community who have shared with us. They were ready to share, and by sharing, their stories can help others. To read more of their...
View ArticleStoryteller Concert Featuring Cliff Ritchey, Josh Kaufman, and Dan Deitrich
Join us on September 7th from 7-9 at Cornerstone Center for the Arts for our The Facing Project’s Storyteller Concert: featuring Cliff Ritchey, Josh Kaufman, and Daniel Deitrich. Each singer-songwriter...
View ArticleEpisode 10: The Depths of Addiction: Artificial Happiness A man gives an...
Have you watched a family member or friend or even a stranger struggle with addiction? According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Organization, about 1 in 4 young adults aged 18 to 25 in the...
View ArticleStorytellers Concert Featuring Cliff Ritchey, Josh Kaufman, and Daniel Deitrich
Join us on September 7th from 7-9 at Cornerstone Center for the Arts for our The Facing Project’s Storyteller Concert: featuring Cliff Ritchey, Josh Kaufman, and Daniel Deitrich. Each singer-songwriter...
View Article2019 Storytellers Concert A recap of an amazing night of songs & stories
Our Storytellers Concert was a perfect reminder of the power of stories to connect and inspire. If you weren’t there, you missed out, and no post could make up for that. But you can watch a pretty...
View ArticleAlone Together: Contribute to our new book
People connect through stories. Yet during this time of global pandemic and self-isolation, you may feel alone. We are all in this together and each of us has a story to share, and each of us can find...
View ArticleFacing Food Allergies
Hi! My name is Serene Puri. I’m the editor of the Facing Food Allergies project. Whether you have allergies like mine, a relative or friend who does, or are a medical professional who helps those who...
View ArticleFacing Intermission: Stopping the Show & Resetting the Stage
My name is Sarah Connolly. I’m the editor of the Facing Intermission Project. I moved to New York City to pursue a career in theatre and like millions of arts workers, from actors to lighting designers...
View ArticleCall for Submissions: the 2023 Empathy Prize for Nonfiction
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 12, 2021CONTACT: Kelsey Timmerman, Senior Editor, The Facing Project Press – press@facingproject.com The Facing Project Press has opened submissions for its 2023 Empathy...
View ArticleWhere Are You Now? Jerry Bowling III’s Story of Reinvention
Jerry Bowling’s Story Jerry Bowling has lived in McCook Field for nearly all his life and now holds the position of president of the neighborhood association. He has seen the neighborhood change, for...
View ArticleSharon’s Story: Pave the Way
Sharon Mitchell’s Story The bus will let them off in the back and they’ll come running in here with their little backpacks. You’ll hear them singing, and you’ll hear them talking, laughing. I met...
View ArticleA Grandfather’s Destinee
Les Hamilton’s Story I’m gonna give you some homework. When you get home, I want you to go on your computer and pull up swim-to-row. S-w-i-m, t-o, r-o-w. Just like it sounds. My granddaughter,...
View ArticleFull Circle
Mary Jo Dahm’s Story I was born in Old North Dayton to my fabulous mother and father. I have eight brothers and two sisters, so there were eleven of us living in a three-bedroom house with one...
View ArticleCory’s OND: A Town of Transition
Cory Ivory’s Story It was, for me, a very close neighborhood growing up. We would go to the neighborhood watering hole because my cousin lived next door; it was just down the street and I was always at...
View ArticleThey Still Call Me Coach
John Ivory’s Story I’m just glad to be from North Dayton an’ Dayton. Dayton’s been a good place. I lived in that house over on Troy Street, ya know, the one that’s still next to Evans Bakery. We lived...
View ArticleHeart and Home: The Story of Ray and Shelby
Ray and Shelby Deck’s Story Ray grew up in Dayton and has been here almost his entire life. Shelby moved here from Kentucky with her parents when she was eighteen. They have been married for...
View ArticleI Am Proud: Roma’s Story
Roma Stephens’ Story I have been to hell and back. I have seen the army tanks at the edge of my neighborhood in West Dayton. I have seen my friends be treated like animals. What I have witnessed has...
View ArticlePoliticized
Jacqueline Patterson’s Story I remember great Grandma taking me into the voting booth with her. She wanted me to see that she was voting for John F. Kennedy. She told me that she didn’t usually vote...
View ArticlePaying it Forward: Dion’s Story
Dion Sampson’s Story I have lived in Dayton my whole life. I love my community so much that sometimes the issues we have to deal with make me want to leave. Then my wife reminds me that no matter where...
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