Story Collecting Projects
Whether you’re crafting a public service announcement, running a public relations campaign, or illustrating an advocacy issue, stories are key. We can help.
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Stories Connect Us.
As humans, we’re hard-wired to understand the world through stories. That’s why, whether you’re looking to illustrate research, or highlight a community challenge, or boost morale in the workplace, stories are key.
At Everyday Boston, we’re experts at collecting them. (Our founder is a former newspaper reporter turned communications manager, so we get the strategy piece, too.) We’ll shape a storytelling project to meet your needs; put together a team of story ambassadors; and bring you stories that everyone will be proud to share.
And the big bonus? When you hire us, you help fund our community programs.
Past Story Collecting Projects
Amplifying the voices of seniors
Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell commissioned us to collect the stories of seniors in her district for her inaugural Mattapan Unity and Jazz Festival. We brought incarcerated individuals and seniors together over dinner to build community, then supported the returning citizens as they interviewed the seniors. We edited the stories, and displayed excerpts on giant posters at the festival. We also published the stories on our website, including those of Annie Kinkead, at left, and Linda Burston, at right.
SUPPLEMENTING DATA WITH PERSONAL STORIES
Northeastern Law School commissioned us to collect the stories of formerly incarcerated men and women for a data-focused project on the cradle-to-prison pipeline. We ran a day-long interviewing training for law students and returning citizens; paired them up as teams; and supported them during in-depth video interviews. This August, Northeastern will launch a website featuring these stories. We will send them in written form to legislators and to incarcerated individuals, and publish them on our website.
Spotlight:
Census Outreach
We partnered with Community Resources for Justice to produce this video by returning citizens, for returning citizens, breaking down the critical importance of filling out the census.
We all wrote the script together, then Everyday Boston shot the video on the streets of Boston, Revere and Chelsea during the pandemic. The project was funded by the Human Service Providers’ Charitable Foundation, Inc.
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Got a message you want to send through stories?