In this article Kara Alexander discusses why, as a literacy studies instructor, she believes requiring her students to upload their literacy narratives to the Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives (DALN) is beneficial. She provides three reasons for this requirement: (1) making their work public has the potential to enhance student agency, empowerment, and authority; (2) The DALN has the potential to challenge dominant notions of literacy, schooling, and education--to serve as a space for argument and advocacy; and (3) to emphasize generosity and reciprocity.