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StoryCorps, the national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping us believe in each other by illuminating the humanity and possibility in us all, one story at a time, announced its 2025 Military Voices Initiative tour on January 30, 2025. This StoryCorps' project honors veterans and members of the military community by recording and preserving their stories. Military Voices Initiative works in partnership with veteran service organizations across the country and is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
Active service members, veterans, and their loved ones are all encouraged to record conversations with a trained StoryCorps facilitator as part of this year’s Military Voices Initiative tour. The tour makes stops in Indianapolis, IN, in March and May. In September, virtual recording days will be open to participants across the country. (Advance reservations are required.)
Millions of Americans have worked and served in the armed forces, and the military community knows well the pride and honor of service, in addition to its unique challenges. Yet few civilians have had an opportunity to hear from service members directly about their experience. Military Voices Initiative illuminates these experiences and contributes to StoryCorps’ free archive by recording and preserving the stories of veterans of all wars, service members, and military families—in their own words. Since its launch in 2013, the initiative has collected more than 3,500 interviews with current and former service members from all over the country.
About StoryCorps
Founded in 2003, StoryCorps is a national nonprofit dedicated to helping us believe in each other by illuminating the humanity and possibility in us all, one story at a time. Over 700,000 people, in all 50 states, have recorded interviews about their lives through StoryCorps. The award-winning organization preserves the recordings in its archive at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, the largest single collection of human voices ever gathered, and shares select stories with the public through StoryCorps’ podcast, radio broadcasts, animated shorts, digital platforms, and best-selling books. These powerful human stories reflect the vast range of American experiences, engender empathy and connection, and remind us how much more we have in common than what divides us. StoryCorps is especially committed to capturing and amplifying voices least heard in the media. The StoryCorps MobileBooth, an Airstream trailer that has been transformed into a traveling recording booth, crosses the country year-round gathering the stories of people nationwide. Learn more at storycorps.org.
About CPB
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private, nonprofit corporation authorized by Congress in 1967, is the steward of the federal government’s investment in publicbroadcasting. It helps support the operations of more than 1,500 locally managedand operated public television and radio stations nationwide. CPB is also the largestsingle source of funding for research, technology and program development forpublic radio, television and related online services.
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