There is no greater truth about war than the truth that is told to us by our soldiers. I saw The Telling Project in Portland Oregon and was deeply moved. Hearing their stories about life before, during, and after war, live in a theatrical venue was transforming. The soldiers' stories of war are personal and at the same time universal and epic. Every soldier, family and community member becomes a casualty of war. We have yet to understand the profound effects of war on all of us. We should have learned from previous wars that soldiers need to tell their stories, and we need to hear them. Possibly, if we participate in these kind of homecoming rituals, we may think harder before sending more soldiers into battle, and will feel compassion when they return, and we will truly care for them. The Telling Project performs a great humanitarian service to help soldiers come home.
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Arts & Culture, Arts, Culture & Humanities
Mission: The Telling Project works to deepen our understanding of the military and veterans’ experience. Greater understanding fosters receptivity, easing veterans’ transitions back to civil society, and allowing communities to benefit from the skills and experience they bring with them. Through this understanding, a community deepens its connection to its veterans, itself, and its place in the nation and the world.
Results: Since 2008, The Telling Project has produced fourteen original performances, put over eighty veterans and family members on stage and performed in twelve states and seventeen cities across the nation. It has been featured by the Associated Press, New York Times, Washington Post, MSNBC, NPR, Inside Higher Ed and others, and supported by the Bob Woodruff Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Library of Congress, The Smithsonian Institution and others.
Target demographics: We work with military veterans and family members and the communities to which they return upon completing their service.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 10,000, including veterans, community members and collaborators
Geographic areas served: All
Programs: During 2017, the telling project put on 41 performances in eleven cities, with the goal of employing theater to deepen the understanding of the military and veterans experience. Greater understanding fosters receptivity, easing veterans transitions back to civil society, and allowing communities to benefit from the skills and experience they bring with them. Through this understanding, a community deepens its connection to its veterans, itself, and its place in the nation and the world. In 2017, over 8,000 audience members were in attendance for the following "telling" performances:telling: norfolk, vatelling: seattle, watelling: southwest florida (naples, fl)telling: toms river, njtelling: wayne, njtelling: yuma, aztelling: virginia beach, vaminnesota remembers vietnam: the telling project (minneapolis, mn)she went to war (minneapolis, mn)telling: austin 2014 reprise (austin, tx)planting the oar houstonplanting the oar kansas city