2024-2025 The Facing Project Proposals

Entering the partnership's third year, Transform Mid-Atlantic is excited to join forces with The Facing Project to bring listening and storytelling to the forefront of community engagement in the region. You can visit the partnership's webpage to learn more about past and in-process projects developed by Morgan State University, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and the Johns Hopkins University SOURCE Center. In Spring 2024, two institutions from the MD, DC, DE, WV, and Northern VA region will be chosen to lead 2024-2025 projects using The Facing Project’s model on one of three topics:

1) Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (JEDI)

2) Global Citizenship & Sustainable Development

3) Food Security & Healthy Futures

If chosen, your institution will receive a 70% member discount to participate at The Facing Project’s Affiliate Level. This $5,000 value will be reduced to $1,500 for the following resources and services:

• The Facing Project Toolkit; 
• Toolkit training for the lead project organizer (including some coaching/consulting throughout the project); 
• Writer’s training; 
• Editing of all stories (copy and content); 
• Book layout, cover design, and publishing; 
• Two-hundred copies of the book available at cost (approximately $7.00 per book or $1,500 – not included in the Affiliate fee); 
• Project promoted on The Facing Project website, across social media channels, and on the TFP's National Public Radio program.

Please complete the project proposal form below by Friday, June 21, 2024 for your institution to be considered for one of two projects co-sponsored by The Facing Project and Transform Mid-Atlantic in Fall 2024.

Contact The Facing Project Co-Founder and President J.R. Jamison (jr@facingproject.com) or TMA Associate Director Anthony Wagner (wagner@transformmidatlantic.org) with questions.

The Facing Project will provide a fifty percent ($2,500) affiliate discount of the regular $5,000 project value to member institutions / partner organizations of Transform Mid-Atlantic located in MD, DC, DE, WV, and Northern VA for 2024-2025 projects. Additionally, Transform Mid-Atlantic will provide an additional twenty percent ($1,000) cost share with member institutions / partner organizations selected to participate in 2024-2025 projects.

Institutions / organizations will be responsible for the remaining cost of their project: $1,500.

Please answer the question below about your proposed project plan for funding.

Please complete a short (no more than 750 words) proposal by Friday, April 26, 2024, using the guiding questions outlined below. You do not need to answer each of these questions in your proposal. Upload and attach your proposal below as a PDF document. An example proposal is available upon request. 

1. Why is your campus and community interested in The Facing Project?
2. Has your campus and community been involved before in similar projects? If yes, how will this project be different?
3. Which one of the three topics does your campus/community plan to face?
4. Beginning with the end in mind, what outcomes do you hope to achieve with your project?
5. In addition, how do you plan to use the stories to create community conversations and impact beyond the publication of your Facing Project book?
6. Who will be an external partner(s) with your campus on the project? (Ex: nonprofits, Mayor’s councils, etc.)
7. Who will be the internal partners on the project? (Ex: campus clubs, departments/courses, etc.)
8. How do you envision Transform Mid-Atlantic being involved in your project?
9. What will be the timeline for your project? (Ex: semester-long; two semesters; etc.)
10. Any other information not covered in the questions above that you would like to share with The Facing Project and Transform Mid-Atlantic?