Bridging the Gap: The Power of Storytelling

You are invited to join Look2Justice and Haymarket Books in Chicago May 14th-15th, 2027 for the second annual Bridging the Gap Conference. 

This year's conference theme is the Power of Storytelling and will be focused on amplifying incarcerated creators by building connections between those inside voices and outside publications. 

You'll hear from keynote speakers Sarah Stillman and Hanif Abdurraqib, plus many more incredible leaders, including currently and formerly incarcerated authors and organizers. The focus of this year's conference will help participants better understand the impact storytelling has on the work we do furthering our struggles for creating communities of care.  

Over the course of two days together participants will learn concrete tools for supporting incarcerated storyteller, make connections with other entities doing this work, and collectively problem-solve to overcome the barriers to doing this work.

Audience: Who should attend?

• Editors, journalists, publishers, legal organizations who want to deepen their work with incarcerated storytellers

• Program administrators and organizers who work with incarcerated writers and filmmakers

• Currently and formerly incarcerated storytellers, including journalists, narrative nonfiction writers, memoirists, documentary filmmakers

• Funders who want to support incarcerated storytellers in building and developing platforms for their work