Storytelling

Storytelling

WalkBoston is celebrating 30 years of pedestrian advocacy this year! To reflect on 3 decades of impact, we want to hear from you: how has our work impacted you and your community?

Every year, WalkBoston staff challenges ourselves to concisely share our work in the “One Minute, One Slide” portion of our Annual Meeting. Although we can’t gather in person this spring, we still want to stay connected through storytelling. If you’d like to participate in this storytelling project, send a brief but compelling story no longer than 90 seconds via voice memo to WalkBoston at storytelling@walkboston.org. (Need help? Learn from NPR how to do it.) Please read more about this project and how you can be involved below. 

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Send us a brief, personal story from your experience! For a refresher, here is a 30 year timeline of advocacy wins. Stories can include details about your participation in a particular moment of WalkBoston’s history, a relevant memory that isn’t captured on the timeline, or something else related to walking. By understanding and capturing our history, we can better measure our collective impact and build a clearer vision of the future.

What story will you tell?

Use the prompts below to help you frame your response. Don’t worry about answering all of the questions, just pick something that is important and interesting to you.

  • What do you love about walking? 
  • How has WalkBoston impacted you or your community? Why is that important?
  • Why did you first get involved with WalkBoston?
  • How has walking been a part of your life?
  • Why does walking bring you joy?
  • During this time of COVID-19, how has walking helped you?
  • What would make Boston and the Commonwealth more walkable?

Be sure to include:

  • your name, and the name of your city/town at the beginning of the voice memo.

Please note, WalkBoston may share what you say, but will contact you before doing so. 

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Need help recording your story?

See instructions from NPR here.

Have a story to tell but do not want to record a voice memo?

We still want to hear from you! Send us a written version of your story and/or a photo of your favorite WalkBoston memory instead to storytelling@walkboston.org.