Alum Voices
The Audacious Voices Project is a collection of interviews with alums that showcase the lifelong impact of will. The project began with the publication of Audacious Voices: Profiles in Intersectional Feminism in 2018. The book, edited by directors Holly Blake and Melissa Ooten, features stories from twelve alums that capture the diverse ways in which they work to make their communities more equitable. Their stories also illustrate how different elements of the will program influence and inspire them to act with such intentionality.
At will's 40th anniversary celebration in 2019, alums were invited to share the power of the program in their lives. Emphasizing hope, empathy, and resiliency by showcasing the power of inclusive leadership, advocacy, and mentorship, these interviews show us that real change is possible and that the program's influence lasts long after graduation. These recordings will soon be accessible here. The project is on-going, and we invite interested alums who may be visiting the university to contact us if interested in adding to the collection.
Inspiring and hopeful, Audacious Voices: Profiles in Intersectional Feminism (published in November 2018) is a collection of twelve stories from alums of the will program, a feminist educational model that centers social justice.
Author-activist Courtney E. Martin writes in The New Better Off that the times we live in may break our hearts, but they don't have to break our spirit; it's that spirit that these stories capture, alongside the power of a feminist educational program that engenders such spirit.