Just Words

Just Words launched in December of 2006 as a year long weekly documentary features series on WYPR in Baltimore. Made possible by a generous grant from OSI-Baltimore, it aired each Thursday during Morning Edition and All Things Considered. These four minute pieces were an honest examination of the life of all types of disenfranchised and marginalized people, such as gang members, ex-convicts, low wage workers, the mothers of murdered children, inner city children, daycare workers, waitresses and more. The subjects told their own stories, in their own words. They were asked to share their vision of how the world works, and to express the changes they wished to see take place. They shared their hopes, fears, and all emotions and thoughts in between. They opened their lives and showed what it means to be poor and nameless in America. Hide full description

Just Words launched in December of 2006 as a year long weekly documentary features series on WYPR in Baltimore. Made possible by a generous grant from OSI-Baltimore, it aired each Thursday during Morning Edition and All Things Considered. These four minute pieces were an honest examination of the life of all types of disenfranchised and marginalized people, such as gang members, ex-convicts, low wage workers, the mothers of murdered children, inner city children, daycare workers, waitresses and more. The subjects told their own stories, in their own words. They were asked to share their vision of how the world works, and to express the changes they wished to see take place. They shared their hopes, fears, and all emotions and thoughts in between. They opened their lives and showed... Show full description