Stories show the heart and hope of our community. They connect us to each other and the spaces that we share together and can inspire us to collectively heal from pain and enact real change for each other.

Often time data can be disconnected from the soul and experience of an individual. By collecting stories of peoples experience it allows us to put a face, name, and heart behind the numbers.

Our stories can change our communities. Telling stories from our childhoods about how difficult it was to access healthy foods nearby can inspire us to ensure there is healthy food in community stores now.

We can use our stories to let others in our community know what is happening in our community and what challenges we are facing.

Sometimes we want to wait until we finish something to tell the story of it instead of capturing moments throughout the story. By capturing a story as it progresses it allows us to see how our stories build and show that sometimes the end is not what we thought it would be.

Telling our stories can help others learn what resources we used and how to replicate our work. This allows others to stand on a firm foundation instead of having to repeat what has already been done before even getting started.