Gather a small team
Invite students and community members who care about writing, history, culture, and preserving experiences.
THE GLOBAL NETWORK
Rooted locally.
Connected globally.
Every community holds stories worth preserving. Chapters bring students and local contributors together to collect, write, interview, edit, and share those stories.
HOW A CHAPTER GROWSStart with a story.
Start with a story.
Build from there.
Schools can establish an official club where possible. Where that is not available, students can begin with a small project or informal group and build toward a chapter over time.
Find the stories around you
Contributors can write their own pieces or interview teachers, peers, family members, and community members who want their stories preserved.
Write, review, and revise
Use meetings for brainstorming, short lessons on interviewing and writing, working sessions, peer feedback, and editing.
Connect across borders
Share selected work through the global archive and help bring your community's perspectives into the annual anthology.
FOUND A COMMUNITY TO CONNECT?Bring Inherited Voices
Ask about starting a chapter ↗Bring Inherited Voices
to your school.
Tell the organizing team about your school, location, and interest in starting a chapter or coordinating contributors in your region.
The locations mentioned in project materials—Chicago, Vietnam, Korea, Malaysia, California, Singapore, and Boston—are areas of connection and outreach, not a claim that formal chapters are already established in each place.