The StoryCorps Mobile Booth will be in Chattanooga in partnership with WUTC from March 19th to April 17th.
Our first round of appointments will open to the public on Tuesday, March 5th and our second round will open on Wednesday, March 20th. Point people, be sure to book appointments for participants before these dates in order to have the greatest possible selection of times.
The Mobile Booth will be located in Miller Park, in downtown Chattanooga, TN.
Here are some important dates to keep in mind:
Tuesday, March 19th (3/19): Chattanooga Opening Event
Thursday, April 4th (4/4): Chattanooga Story Project Workshop
Thursday, April 18th (4/18): Chattanooga Listening Event
Be sure to keep an eye on our community partner calendar to stay up-to-date on events and other information during our time in Chattanooga!
Each organization we partner with will dedicate a point-person who is in charge of booking appointments for participants. We will email you the link to our advance calendar so that you can book appointments before they go public. It is very important that you enter contact information for BOTH participants, so that we can contact them to confirm their appointments.
Once you've booked appointments for your participants, our Mobile Team will contact each participant to talk through the StoryCorps recording process, give them details about location and parking, and answer any questions they may have. If point people would like to give participants more details about StoryCorps before we call them, we recommend taking a look at our What to Expect page and reading through our list of Great Questions to help participants get an idea of what they might want to talk about during a recording.
Participants are welcome to talk about the organizations they are recording on behalf of, but they do not have to. You can talk about anything you would like during your 40-minute recording. Many participants find it meaningful to discuss an experience they went through or talk about how they might know their partner. We don't look for anything specific in a recording; this is a chance for participants to talk about something important to them that they would like to document.
Add yourself to our partner-only Facebook Group!
The Facebook group is for all StoryCorps Mobile Tour partners for our stop in Chattanooga and is a space for partners to interact and connect with one another, as well as stay up-to-date on any StoryCorps related events happening during our time in Chattanooga. You can share any photos, videos, or other information related to StoryCorps-partnerships there.
Here are links to some site-specific posters, flyers, and social graphics. Feel free to share them on your pages, or with any participants or organizations you think would be interested in partnering with us.