Listen More, Shout Less (StoryCorps Then and Now)
Part of a special series celebrating 20 years of StoryCorps, this episode is about the One Small Step initiative and how it is helping to facilitate national conversation in the US by bringing people together from across the political spectrum. [Text Source: StoryCorps]
StoryCorps is committed to the idea that everyone has an important story to tell and that everyone’s story matters. Since 2003, this remarkable project has been collecting the stories of everyday US-Americans and preserving them for future generations. In New York City and in mobile recording booths traveling the country — from small towns to big cities, at Native American reservations and an Army post — StoryCorps is collecting the memories of Americans from all ages, backgrounds, and walks of life. Since its founding, StoryCorps has helped nearly 700,000 people across the US have meaningful conversations about their lives. The project represents a wondrous celebration of shared humanity, capturing for posterity the stories that define people and bind them. These recordings are collected in the U.S. Library of Congress and in StoryCorps’ online archive which is now the largest single collection of human voices ever gathered. [Text Source: Penguin Press]
“Listening Is an Act of Love”
