General Synopsis & Goals

TheRACEProject™ is a public storytelling and racial literacy initiative designed to create honest, uninterrupted conversations about race, identity, and lived experience. Through filmed interviews and an open-access digital platform, the project seeks to build a living archive of perspectives that encourages understanding rather than division.

At a time when conversations about race are increasingly polarized, politicized, or silenced altogether, this project exists to preserve space for thoughtful dialogue, reflection, and listening. The long-term goal is to create a nationally scalable platform that bridges education, storytelling, research, and public engagement.

What’s In It For You?

This project is built for the public. Supporters are not simply funding content—they are helping create a space where real people can speak honestly and be heard without interruption, distortion, or debate. By supporting TheRACEProject™, you become part of an effort to foster deeper understanding across communities and preserve meaningful public dialogue at a moment when it is urgently needed.

Additionally, if the fundraising goal is reached, members of the public in the Greater Los Angeles area will be invited to participate in future interviews and contribute their own perspectives to the growing archive.

Who Will Feature In The Project?

You.

As TheRACEProject™ expands into public recruitment, we aim to include individuals from all walks of life and across the full spectrum of human experience. We are actively seeking diverse representation across racial backgrounds, political orientations, religious beliefs, gender identities, occupations, socioeconomic backgrounds, and lived experiences.

There is no single “type” of participant we are looking for. The purpose of the project is to document the complexity of how people think, feel, and experience race in contemporary society.

Timeframe for Completion

The initial expansion phase of TheRACEProject™ is expected to take approximately one year. During this time, funding will support infrastructure development, public recruitment, filming, editing, platform development, and the release of the project’s first major public archive of interviews.

Brief Budget Breakdown

Funds raised will support:

* Professional filming and audio equipment

* Website and searchable archive development

* Studio and recording space

* Editing, post-production, and digital storage

* Participant coordination and scheduling

* Community recruitment and outreach

* Research and production staff

* Marketing and public engagement

* Legal, administrative, and operational support

* Long-term sustainability and project direction

The goal is not simply to produce a series of videos, but to build a sustainable platform capable of growing into a long-term public resource for racial literacy and dialogue.