In 2025, we partnered with healthcare organizations across the country to help amplify the voices of people working and receiving care within healthcare and caregiving spaces. Each collaboration reaffirmed our belief that listening is relational and archival: these poems hold stories that deserve to be remembered.
17 healthcare partnerships nationwide, including the American Cancer Society, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Cedars-Sinai, Grace House, Inova Schar Cancer Institute, KNN, Memorial Sloan Kettering, and Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED)
420 individuals served through Listener Poet sessions
Six new anthologies and project-based collections rooted in healthcare settings
Four public poetry readings centering stories from patients, clinicians, caregivers, and support staff
Poems published in magazines, journals, and partner platforms
Listener Poet work shared through readings, blogs, podcasts, conferences, and classrooms