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Discover StoryCorps

StoryCorps reminds the nation that every story matters and every voice counts. Since 2003, StoryCorps has given a quarter of a million Americans the chance to record interviews about their lives, to pass wisdom from one generation to the next, and to leave a legacy for the future. It is the largest single collection of human voices ever gathered. These powerful stories illustrate our shared humanity and show how much more we share in common than divides us. Learn more about our work and our national recording initiatives.

Brightness in Black

Sharing joyous and bold Black stories, and countering harmful narratives.

One Small Step

Helping bridge our political divides—one conversation at a time.

Military Voices Initiative

Preserving stories of veterans, service members, and military families.

American Pathways

A new initiative to record, preserve, and share the stories and experiences of refugees, asylees, immigrants, and Muslims living in the United States.

The Great Thanksgiving Listen

Our call for a national movement to empower high school students to create an oral history of the contemporary United States by recording an interview with an elder.

Road to Resilience: Memories that Move Us Forward

Supported by New York Life Foundation, Road to Resilience is a project that leverages the power of stories and storytelling to help children cope with the death of a parent, sibling, or loved one.

StoryCorps OutLoud

StoryCorps' 2019 effort to preserve and honor the stories of LGBTQ people 50 years after the 1969 Stonewall Riots.

StoryCorps Griot

StoryCorps Griot ensures that the voices, experiences, and life stories of African Americans will be preserved and presented with dignity. The Griot Initiative also documents the varied voices of people with roots in the African Diaspora who are living in the United States.

StoryCorps Justice Project

Documenting the experiences of youth of color in the juvenile and adult justice system in New York City and jails nationwide, with a focus on amplifying and preserving the stories of those whose lives have been impacted by mass incarceration and the criminal justice system.

September 11th Initiative

A Peabody Award-winning effort in partnership with the National September 11 Memorial & Museum to record at least one story in honor of each of the lives lost during the attacks on September 11, 2001, and the February 26, 1993, World Trade Center bombing.

StoryCorps Historias

StoryCorps Historias is an initiative to record the diverse stories and life experiences of Latinos in the United States.

Memory Loss Initiative

In 2006, StoryCorps launched the Memory Loss Initiative to support and encourage people with various forms of memory loss to share their stories with loved ones and future generations.

StoryCorps Legacy

In partnership with hospitals and clinics, pediatric centers, hospice and palliative care departments, we offer people of all ages with serious illness and their families an opportunity to record and share their stories.

Education

We offer resources to make the StoryCorps mission come alive, supporting adults and youth in building relationships and creating more compassionate schools, families, and communities. Lesson plans and media for educators working in school and out-of-classroom environments.

The StoryCorps Archive

StoryCorps’ archive comprises one of the first and largest born-digital collections of human voices, featuring conversations recorded across the United States and around the world.