With vital programs like affordable housing, job training, and home energy assistance under fire, it is more important than ever to show the consequences of deep funding cuts in human terms. Storybanking, or collecting stories from affected individuals, families, congregations, and businesses across the country, has proven to be a useful and effective advocacy tool in past policy debates. Storybanking is especially relevant today as advocates work to demonstrate the impact of funding cuts on real people in the ongoing deficit reduction debate. 

Want to do your part to fight back against these reckless, devastating cuts to human needs programs? Join Half in Ten and national storybanking experts for a training on the fundamentals of storybanking, best practices for collecting and submitting stories to the Half in Ten-Coalition on Human Needs storybank, and tips for leveraging stories with members of Congress and the media.