Liz Stein

“This wall with the note cards is a really tangible visual representation of how much support we have, and that fuels us in a way that I don’t think people quite understand.”

Liz Stein · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-08

Stein described the wall of note cards as a tangible visual representation of survivor support.

“And it’s like, no, we might not know your individual names, but we feel the love.”

Liz Stein · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-08

Stein expressed that survivors feel the love from supporters even without knowing their individual names.

“It started out with one bulletin board, and I will never forget seeing that one initial bulletin board and just really feeling like, ‘Oh my goodness, people are really reacting to that,’”

Liz Stein · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-08

Stein recalled her reaction to seeing the first bulletin board of visitor notes at the reading room.

“The love that people show us is overwhelming, and every time we do these events with the reading room, every single time, people hug us, they tell us what we mean to them, and a lot of times they’ll say, ‘But it doesn’t matter. I’m just someone you don’t know from somewhere you don’t live,’”

Liz Stein · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-08

Stein described the overwhelming love and support visitors show survivors at reading room events.

“took up the better part of the downstairs of the exhibit”

Liz Stein · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-08

Stein described how visitor notes eventually filled much of the downstairs exhibit space.