Learn About: Brightness in Black

Brightness in Black collaborates with communities to collect and share joyous, ambitious and cultural stories, while countering harmful narratives about the Black experience in America. Our program design weaves together interview collection and story sharing with opportunities for community conversations, gaming and the sharing of tools and training with partners to sustain our collective narrative change work. 

For 20 years, StoryCorps has convened people and shared and archived their stories. Brightness in Black builds on that foundation.

STUDENTS

College students, many of them from HBCUs, have the opportunity to facilitate and archive conversations — and be compensated — as part of a fellowship program. 

LOCAL COMMUNITIES

Brightness in Black will spend one-year residencies in up to six cities with large Black populations, including Philadelphia and Atlanta, while pursuing additional activations, such as pop-up recordings and events, across the country. 

LEARN MORE ABOUT GETTING INVOLVED – https://storycorps.org/discover/brightness-in-black/