The participation of history in transitional justice processes has tended to be one of setting the record straight by providing objective evidence about past violent events. As such, it is tied to conventional notions of history as linear, progressive, and centered in nation-states. This presentation showcases Historias para lo que viene, a public history project which posits that history can do much more than that: it can be a forward-looking endeavor that combines critical inquiry with radical action. The project grew out of the 2016 peace accords between the FARC guerrillas and the Colombian government, and it is based on the premise that building futures of social justice entails addressing long histories of exclusion and inequality. This collaborative project brings together social leaders from communities victimized in the context of the armed conflict, communicators, schoolteachers and historians to co-produce audio stories that entwine the past and present of those communities