Facing Project

Creating a more understanding and empathetic world through stories that inspire action. Founded by: @JR_Jamison & @KelseyTimmerman.

[Facing Project @FacingProject]

Congrats to our co-founder @JR_Jamison, whose memoir was selected as one of 20 books by @LibraryJournal to receive the distinction as a "Best Audiobook of 2023" - alongside actor Steve Martin and journalist Jonathan Eig.
https://t.co/ivbRqsKPo1

[Facing Project @FacingProject]

It was such an honor to see the book launch of our new project, The Agrihood Baltimore: Community Collaboration and Cleaner, Greener Foods. The Park Heights neighborhood holds an awesome urban farm that has grown powerful relationships and produce for its community!

[Facing Project @FacingProject]

@FarmBureau But there’s more than food being grown in Park Heights; they’re growing community and investing in the future.

Join host @JR_Jamison as he shares stories from the PPHUF, and sits down with four of the faces who keep the farm and its neighborhood thriving each and every day.

[Facing Project @FacingProject]

🎙️Tomorrow on The Facing Project Radio Show: Featuring the @PPH_UF --

✅ Find us on your favorite @NPR station; or if the show isn't broadcast in your area, you can get it anywhere podcast are available!

https://t.co/VTevF6imBA

[Facing Project @FacingProject]

🌽Show notes: Ten years ago, six acres of abandoned lots in the Park Heights neighborhood of Baltimore were transformed into an urban farm, and today the @FarmBureau Federation has rated it as one of the top 10 innovative farms in the country . . .

[Facing Project @FacingProject]

@JR_Jamison Show notes:

Hailed by Jeannette Walls (The Glass Castle) as “Gut-wrenching but at the same time triumphant,” Hell If We Don’t Change Our Ways untangles the web of Means’s most painful memories, while crafting a tale of self-preservation, resilience, and hope.

[Facing Project @FacingProject]

🔊Tomorrow on The Facing Project Radio Show: “An In-depth Discussion with Author @BrittanyMeansIt” —

🎙️Find us on your favorite NPR station; or if the show isn’t broadcast in your area, you can get it anywhere podcasts are available!

📚💛📚💛

[Facing Project @FacingProject]

Show notes:

Ahead of her debut memoir hitting shelves in October, host @JR_Jamison sits down with Brittany Means to discuss the power of the human spirit—and written word—to combat the most harrowing of childhood memories. (cont.)

[Facing Project @FacingProject]

🔊Find us on your favorite NPR station; or if the show isn’t broadcast in your area, you can get it anywhere podcasts are available!

The Facing Project Radio Show is supported in part by Behavior Associates.

[Facing Project @FacingProject]

Today on The Facing Project: “A Place to Call Home,” featuring story performances from Facing Eviction & Housing Insecurity in Dayton, OH.

https://t.co/VTevF6imBA.

[Facing Project @FacingProject]

🎙️Interview – Dr. Kathy Rowell, Sinclair Community College; Dr. Tim Thomas, University of California–Berkeley; and Debra Lavey and Destiny Brown both at Advocates for Basic Legal Equality.

[Facing Project @FacingProject]

Extra special thanks to Shantanu Suman for designing this stunning cover!

[Facing Project @FacingProject]

Drum roll please . . . 📷

We’re excited to share the cover of Facing Resource Insecurity, a collection of stories of hunger and hope that we’ve been working on in partnership with @curehunger.

Join us on 9/12 for the launch event: https://t.co/mGE0IHQZ7H.

[Facing Project @FacingProject]

In case you missed the broadcast, this in-depth convo with @kathglasgow is available everywhere you get your podcasts. Happy listening!

[J.R. Jamison @JR_Jamison]

Earlier this month, I sat down with #1 NYT bestselling author (and my friend) @kathglasgow. We chatted about everything from inspiration to book bans, and she might have shared a bit about her next project. I guess you’ll have to listen! 📚🎤 https://t.co/taeuRziOcH.

[Jane Friedman @JaneFriedman]

Congrats to JR and @facingproject!

[Facing Project @FacingProject]

Later, he’s joined by Demetris Hadjisofocoli, a former Cypriot refugee and founder/CEO of the Center for Social Innovation, an organization that cares about all people, regardless of borders, to increase their purpose and quality of life.

[Facing Project @FacingProject]

Today!

@JR_Jamison travels to Cyprus to explore the historical and cultural past that led to the '74 Turkish invasion and, ultimately, the Green Line that divides the island to this day.

✅Listen LIVE: https://t.co/WCxDWqkGKe

✅Get it on the pod: https://t.co/VTevF6iUr8

[Facing Project @FacingProject]

Northern Indiana/Southern Michigan/Western Ohio (or anyone w/in driving distance): Join us this Friday for an in-convo event w/ "Facing Social Justice in Sports" editor Dr. @AdamJKuban and our co-founder @JR_Jamison. Hosted by @fablesbooks in Goshen!

[J.R. Jamison @JR_Jamison]

Earlier this week, students from @uindy paired up w/ Frederick University students in Cyprus for a cross-cultural @FacingProject experience (1/2) . . .