Washington D.C.

The StoryCorps Mobile Booth will be in D.C. and Silver Spring in partnership with WAMU from April 23rd to May 22nd.

Our first round of appointments will open to the public on Tuesday, April 9th and our second round will open on Wednesday, April 24th. For all partners, please be sure to book your appointments before these days in order to have the greatest possible selection of appointment times!

The Mobile Booth will be located in Veterans Plaza, in Silver Spring, MD

Here are some important dates to keep in mind:

Tuesday, April 23rd (4/23): Opening Day Event in Veterans Plaza

Thursday, May 9th (5/9): Story Project Workshop (Click to RSVP)

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 D.C.

What Should StoryCorps Participants Expect From a Recording?

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.

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.

Sample Social Copy:

We are excited to be partnering with @StoryCorps at their upcoming Mobile Tour stop in D.C. and Silver Spring! StoryCorps works to record and preserve the stories of individuals across all backgrounds and walks of life. Found out more about the work they do at www.storycorps.org! #StoryCorpsMobileTour

The @StoryCorps Mobile Tour is coming to D.C. and we’re thrilled to be partnering with them to help engage diverse audiences and communities during their time here! Find out more information about the work StoryCorps does and how to get involved as a community partner at https://storycorps.org/stops/mobile-stop-washington-dc/.