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The Facing Project is a for-profit, social venture company founded by J.R. Jamison and Kelsey Timmerman, and it has its headquarters in Muncie, Indiana. The company developed and licenses a model for community storytelling projects. Projects have focused on topics such as homelessness, human trafficking, poverty, hunger, sexual violence, autism, disabilities, and addiction. The individual facing the topic is referred to as the storyteller. The storyteller meets with an assigned writer face-to-face, and then the writer writes the story in the first person as if they are the storyteller. http://m.roanoke.com/news/education/higher_education/facing-rockbridge-seeks-the-human-stories-beyond-statistics/article_68bf4c94-78e6-5309-9523-4084c47ba557.html?mode=jqm Each project produces a book and hosts a theatrical monologue event open to the community. The company’s stated mission is to “connect people through stories to strengthen communities.” http://www.facingproject.com/about

Reception
The Facing Project has been featured on NPR http://wabe.org/post/facing-sex-trafficking-artistic-approach?utm_referrer=http%3A//m.wabe.org/%3Futm_referrer%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fm.facebook.com%23mobile/53855 http://wboi.org/programs/facing-project and The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kelsey-timmerman/an-inside-look-at-autism-_b_5228060.html  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kelsey-timmerman/spokenword-artist-capture_b_6607344.html, covered on PBS http://aibtv.com/ , named “one of three oral history projects to watch” by The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-souleo-wright/on-the-a-wsouleo-three-or_b_5574013.html , and has drawn the attention of political figures including House Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. http://www.thetimestribune.com/news/article_c758c626-33de-11e4-90c1-0019bb2963f4.html?mode=jqm

Further Information
The Facing Project website http://www.facingproject.com