https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmMzcv3VdH4
Founder of “The Race Card Project”
Michele Norris is also an acclaimed author. Her first book, The Grace of Silence: A Family Memoir, focuses on how America talks about race in the wake of the Obama presidency, and how her own complex legacy has shaped her dedication to informing others through sound and voice.
More recently her work around the issues of race and identity has served as an effective and provocative cultural bridge. In 2011, Norris created The Race Card Project, a narrative exercise that invites people to share their experiences and perspectives around race and identity. The project has archived tens of thousands of stories from all 50 states and more than 60 countries and is now used in hundreds of schools, colleges and communities as a forum for sparking productive dialogue.
Norris’s work on The Race Card Project was honored with The Peabody Award, one of the most prestigious honors in broadcast journalism. She has received many other honors in journalism for her insight into American culture and social issues including, the Dupont Award, The Emmy, The Livingston Award, The National Dialogue Award and she was named Journalist of The Year by the National Association of Black Journalists. Norris received a Children’s Choice award for her advocacy of children’s literature while at NPR through her work on The Backseat Book Club.
Captivating and astute on air, in person, and especially on stage, Michele Norris has a voice that is undeniably recognizable….and a voice that embodies both authority and cairn… Compelling….thoughtful…bold….and insightful. Norris’s personality is hard to match.
