A Q&A with the founder of Narrative Justice Project where she discusses her inspiration, motivations, and vision for the organization.
Our Purpose
I founded the Narrative Justice Project in 2019 as a space to utilize individual voice and personal experience as tools to understand societal changes we must make. My specific research and writing as an interdisciplinary law professor at Widener University Delaware Law School focuses predominantly on women’s rights in the corporate social responsibility space. I designed the Project to empower women through critical narratives, art, and inter-connected causes.
I am excited to announce that in 2025, the Project will launch an on-line journal, Justice Reads, which will publish poems, fiction, personal essays, digital art, and interviews with feminist leaders in law, business, art, and policy. Justice Reads will concentrate on inter-connected women’s rights issues, education, and empowerment.
Partnering with my home institution, Widener University Delaware Law School, and interns and fellows from schools in New York, the Project endeavors to help women through education about domestic violence, financial literacy, and the importance of sharing our stories. I shared one part of my story in 2023 through a TEDx Talk: Teaching Financial Awareness in Cultures of Silence.
To help us launch this new initiative, we ask you to make a tax-deductible donation through the link or mail information below. Your contribution will support our internship program and enable us to provide writers a stipend. We thank you in advance for your support.
I look forward to sharing more with you in 2025!
Sincerely,
Geeta Kohli Tewari
Founding Director, The Narrative Justice Project
Associate Professor of Law
Widener University Delaware Law School
Our Values
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At Narrative Justice Project, we believe in equal and fair representation of all people.
“Peace cannot exist without justice, justice cannot exist without fairness, fairness cannot exist without development, development cannot exist without democracy, democracy cannot exist without respect for the identity and worth of cultures and peoples.” ― Rigoberta Menchu Tum
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At Narrative Justice Project, we believe in using the real-life, lived experiences of others to critique the shortcomings of our society and uplift those who have struggled to have their voice heard.
"What I know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have. And I’m especially proud, and inspired by all the women who have felt strong enough and empowered enough to speak up and share their personal stories." ― Oprah Winfrey
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At Narrative Justice Project, we believe in freedom of expression as means of conveying our values of justice and truth.
"Narrative is radical, creating us at the very moment it is being created." ― Toni Morrison
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At Narrative Justice Project, we believe in working with others to create works that inspire and educate.
“Without community, there is no liberation.” ― Audre Lorde
Support Us!
The Narrative Justice Project is a fiscally sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). Because of NYFA’s 501(c)3 non-profit status, all donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Thank you to all those who contributed to this project.