SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - The University of Illinois Springfield is Engaged Citizenship Common Experience Speaker Series is hosting Springfield High School alumnus Frank Warren to talk about his work, "PostSecret: Creating Community through Confessions."
Warren will give his discussion Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the UIS Student Union Ballroom.
Warren started his PostSecret project in 2004.Â
PostSecret invited strangers to anonymously reveal their secrets on a homemade postcard.
More than one million postcards were sent from around the world. Most were published in his book "PostSecret."
The postcards have been featured in five New York Times bestselling books and in the Museum of Modern Art and the Smithsonian.
He earned a HopeLine Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to suicide prevention.
He also shared his work surrounding issues of mental illness at the White House.
