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WARRENSBURG, MO 鈥� At 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, in conjunction with PBS, will premiere 鈥溾�� This half-hour documentary will showcase inspiring stories from across America featured in the national crowdsourced storytelling project PBS American Portrait, the signature content initiative of PBS鈥檚 50th anniversary. The special will highlight stories submitted by members of the KMOS viewing area, woven in with moving and thought-provoking personal stories from across the country.

 

To help make this initiative possible, KMOS-TV applied for and has been awarded a $15,000 American Portrait grant to showcase a population that often goes under served and under seen. KMOS-TV has partnered with West-Central Independent Living Solutions (WILS) and Services for Independent Living (SIL) of Columbia to help gather user-generated content for this program by highlighting individuals with disabilities in Central Missouri.

 

Since its launch in January 2020, the PBS American Portrait website has collected thousands of stories by Americans that together, hope to create a diverse and colorful mosaic of life in our nation today. The initiative has drawn millions of users to the site to explore the personal, firsthand stories submitted from people all over America. It also has experienced increased engagement in recent months with people processing our unprecedented current moment in American history, in real time. 鈥淭he Story of Us鈥� will feature responses to some of the prompts offered by the site including: 鈥淚 was raised to believe鈥�,鈥� 鈥淚 took a risk when鈥�,鈥� 鈥淢y Saturday night looks like鈥�,鈥� 鈥淭he tradition I carry on is鈥�,鈥� and more.

 

鈥淲e are proud to partner with amazing community organizations such as WILS and SIL for this project," said Scott Alvested, community engagement coordinator for KMOS-TV. "The community members that they serve have stories to tell, and we want to show that individuals with disabilities are just like everyone else in our community. They have hope and dreams, and powerful stories to tell.鈥�

 

Please visit the  and follow the conversation at #AmericanPortraitPBS on , and to view the thousands of stories already being submitted. Users can filter stories on the website using an interactive map or by topics/prompts.

 

Target is a major funder and national promotional partner for鈥疨BS American Portrait, expanding the reach of this initiative. Additional support is provided by Anne Ray Foundation, a Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropy.

 

PBS American Portrait鈥痺as developed and created with RadicalMedia.鈥疐or RadicalMedia, Jon Kamen and Dave鈥疭irulnick鈥痵erve as executive producers, and Naomi Gilbert is the senior interactive producer for the web platform. Craig D鈥橢ntrone is executive producer for RadicalMedia and is showrunner on the project. Bill Margol is the executive in charge for PBS. For the 鈥淪tory of Us,鈥� Michele Stephenson is executive producer.

 

For more information, contact Alvested at 660-543-8922 or alvested@ucmo.edu.