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 family storytelling adventure and share your stories in the Shine on North Carolina initiative.
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.
NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY STORIES
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 initiative.
FEATURED STORY
Animated Story
Through his poem “I Buried My Brotherhood,” kinship adoptive parent Eriq Partin offers a deeply moving portrayal of the foster care experience. Through vivid emotion and honest reflection, the piece captures the highs, lows, uncertainties, and fears that often accompany life transitions within this system.
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ABOUT THE RECORDING PROCESS
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.
Facilitated Storytelling Sessions
A facilitated storytelling session takes about one hour and can be done via Zoom or in-person. The session is done with a storytelling facilitator and/or storytelling partner. To sign up for a facilitated storytelling session with the Institute for Family’s Education Manager Tori Brasher-Weathers, please complete this form.
LEARN ABOUT THE POWER OF STORYTELLING
Sharing stories about life and community promotes understanding and relationship building. Learn more about the power and impact of storytelling.
Why Storytelling Matters (And Why We Need Yours)
Storytelling matters and the Institute for Family is passionate about collecting and sharing the stories of North Carolina residents.
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