storycorps

(moved when shared here:: Founder Dave Isay receives the 2015 Ted Prize, and launches the StoryCorps App, as an all-new tool for collecting the wisdom of humanity… )

adding page be\cause of this story):

Alex Landau, an African American man, was raised by his adoptive white parents to believe that skin color didn’t matter. But when Alex was pulled over by Denver police officers in 2009, he lost his belief in a color-blind world—and nearly lost his life. In “Traffic Stop,” Alex remembers the night that led him to become an advocate for social justice. United Nations #WorldDayofSocialJustice

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more here:

https://storycorps.org/

StoryCorps’ mission is to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world.

We do this to remind one another of our shared humanity, to strengthen and build the connections between people, to teach the value of listening, and to weave into the fabric of our culture the understanding that everyone’s story matters. At the same time, we are creating an invaluable archive for future generations.

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