National Day of Listening
StoryCorps says it launched the National Day of Listening in 2008; its 2011 annual report describes it as an annual day held the day after Thanksgiving. Later StoryCorps material describes the Great Thanksgiving Listen as a continuation of that project, so current-use claims should acknowledge the legacy-program context.
Date and recurrence
Day after U.S. Thanksgiving in the original annual StoryCorps campaign
This is retained as historical or legacy evidence. The site does not assume that the observance still recurs today.
Scope and status
The verified scope stored for this record is United States / StoryCorps oral-history campaign. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.
Topic and context
What this page does not assume
- Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
- Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
- Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
- Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
- Historical Context Only.
Sources
- StoryCorps — 2011 Annual ReportCreator First Party
- StoryCorps — The Great Thanksgiving ListenCreator First Party
Frequently asked questions
When is National Day of Listening?
Day after U.S. Thanksgiving in the original annual StoryCorps campaign The stored recurrence guidance is: Original StoryCorps rule: day after U.S. Thanksgiving; verify current program status before present-year claims.
Does National Day of Listening fall on the same date every year?
The record is historical/legacy and is not treated as a currently recurring annual date.
Is National Day of Listening an official public holiday?
The authority record verifies it within this scope: United States / StoryCorps oral-history campaign. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.
Who established or recognizes National Day of Listening?
The stored designation basis is: StoryCorps says it launched the National Day of Listening in 2008; its 2011 annual report describes it as an annual day held the day after Thanksgiving. Later StoryCorps material describes the Great Thanksgiving Listen as a continuation of that project, so current-use claims should acknowledge the legacy-program context.. Supporting provenance includes StoryCorps — 2011 Annual Report. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.
Is National Day of Listening international or country-specific?
This authority record is country-scoped to United States. Its fuller verified scope is: United States / StoryCorps oral-history campaign.
How is this page verified?
The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-09.