Embracing Family Narratives Through Storytelling
The Institute for Family is on a mission to hear from North Carolina residents about life and community relationships across the state. Join us in this storytelling adventure and share your stories in the Shine on North Carolina campaign.
We are partnering with StoryCorps Studios to learn directly from North Carolina Families what they need to be happy, healthy, safe, and thriving in today’s world. Visit the StoryCorps website to get started with sharing your story.
Hear our stories
Learn about recording
Hear from North Carolina residents about their life experiences in their communities. Click the profile photos to hear their stories. These recordings are produced by Institute for Family, using interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to illuminate the humanity and possibility in us all. Go to the StoryCorps website to record your story for the Shine on North Carolina campaign.
Meet Clara Marts
Meet Kim Lewter, Sebrina Cooke-Davis, and DraShonta Brinson
Meet Titus Hopper
About the Recording Process
Record your story from the comfort of your space.
Ready to capture your conversation? Jump into the StoryCorps Virtual Recording Booth, where you can choose to be together or miles apart. Sign up for a free StoryCorps account, then dive into the booth and hit “Start Recording Audio” to kick off your chat. Once you’re done sharing stories, you’ll have the chance to save your recording and become part of the Institute for Family Collection in the StoryCorps Archive.
How are stories used
Rest assured, your recordings won’t be used for any commercial or advertising purposes. With your approval, your stories might be a feature in data visualizations, on Institute for Family webpages, or in our Center for Learning training content, adding depth and lived experience voice to our projects.
Your completed interview will automatically join the StoryCorps archive’s Institute for Family collection. Plus, you’ll have full control over its privacy settings, whether you prefer to share it publicly or keep it exclusively for other StoryCorps archive users, with the flexibility to delete or record new interviews anytime. Adjusting privacy settings is just a click away whenever you need it.
Get Started
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Clara Marts
Clara Marts has focused her career on family preservation and well-being. She shares her thoughts on the important work of supporting families and doing everything it takes to help families stay together. This recording is produced by Institute for Family, using interviews recorded by StoryCorps.
Record your story with StoryCorps Studios
Join the Shine on North Carolina storytelling campaign and capture your story online from the comfort of your safe spaces.
Kim Lewter, Sebrina Cooke-Davis, and DraShonta Brinson
Dr. Sebrina Cooke-Davis speaks with her friends, Dr. Kim Lewter and DraShonta Brinson about the unique bond that they forged and how that bond was strengthened when Sebrina became DraShonta’s doula. This recording is produced by Institute for Family, using interviews recorded by StoryCorps.
Record your story with StoryCorps Studios
Join the Shine on North Carolina storytelling campaign and capture your story online from the comfort of your safe spaces.
Titus Hopper
Dr. Titus Hopper reflects on how adults in his community stepped in to support him after the deaths of his parents and the indelible impression a mother makes on a child in the first five years of life. This recording is produced by Institute for Family, using interviews recorded by StoryCorps.
Record your story with StoryCorps Studios
Join the Shine on North Carolina storytelling campaign and capture your story online from the comfort of your safe spaces.