Last week, Gabriele Stabile and Juliet Linderman, photographer and editor of Refugee Hotel, spoke to students from Columbia University’s Oral History Master of Arts, Institute for the Study of Human Rights, and School of Journalism. The tenth title in the Voice of Witness series, Refugee Hotel is a groundbreaking collection of photography and interviews that documents the arrival of refugees in the United States. At the event, Gabriele and Juliet discussed the refugee experience, oral history, and photojournalism.

Click here to watch the video of Gabriele and Juliet at Columbia.

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This Saturday, join Voice of Witness and One Million Bones at the Museum of the African Diaspora. Voice of Witness’ Executive Director Mimi Lok will be discussing the work of Voice of Witness as a leader in human rights advocacy and arts education as part of a panel discussion entitled Giving Voice to the Voiceless. Other panelists include Erika Lubensky, Chief of Staff at Women for Women International, and David Evan Harris, Founder and Executive Director of the Global Lives Project, and the conversation will be moderated by Giulia McPherson, Deputy Director of Citizen Advocacy at CARE USA.

Part of the Students Rebuild Challenge hosted by the Museum and One Million Bones, all are welcome to make a clay bone—a symbol of solidarity with victims and survivors in ongoing conflicts in places like the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia and the Sudan—before the talk. All the bones made at MoAD will be included in an installation that will blanket the National Mall in Washington, D.C. in June.

To learn more about this free event, click here.

Event details:
Saturday, February 23, 2-4 pm
Museum of the African Diaspora
685 Mission Street, San Francisco

Thursday, February 21, 6 pm-8 pm
Columbia University Stabile Student Center
2950 Broadway New York, NY 

Friday, February 22, 12 pm-2:30 pm
má pêche at Chambers Hotel
15 W. 56th Street, New York, NY 

Join Momofuku, Voice of Witness, and the New York Public Library for ’What Does it Mean to Be(come) an American?’, opening the season for Momofuku’s popular 56th Street Round Table series. Panelists are Gabriele Stabile, Juliet Linderman, and Bob Carey, Vice President of Resettlement and Migration Policy for the International Rescue Committee. The conversation will be moderated by Amy Starecheski, Associate Director of the Oral History MA Program, Columbia University. Following the discussion, guests will have the opportunity to continue the conversation with the speakers over lunch, prepared by chef Paul Aarmichael and the má pêche team. For more information and to purchase tickets, click here and use ‘feb 56ff ’ for a special Voice of Witness discount code.

Tuesday, February 267 pm
PowerHouse Arena
37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY

PowerHouse Arena welcomes Refugee Hotel photographer and editor Gabriele Stabile and Juliet Linderman for a talk and book signing, with refreshments provided by Drambuie. Click here for more information.

These events and the work of Voice of Witness are made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Join Voice of Witness, photographer Gabriele Stabile, and editor Juliet Linderman at two events celebrating the release of Refugee Hotel, the newest title in the Voice of Witness series. Refugee Hotel is a groundbreaking collection of photography and interviews that documents the arrival of refugees in the United States. Evocative images are coupled with moving testimonies from people describing their first days in the U.S., the lives they’ve left behind, and the new communities they’ve since created.

We hope to see you at one of our events in San Francisco!

Thursday, January 17
6:30 pm
Contemporary Jewish Museum
736 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94103

Renowned photographer Jim Goldberg joins photographer Gabriele Stabile and journalist Juliet Linderman in a discussion about the Voice of Witness newest title, Refugee Hotel. The artists will engage such topics as the exploration of the human condition in art, notions of transience and belonging, and the role of marginalized voices in their work.
For more information, click here.

Friday, January 18
6 pm
Gallery Carte Blanche
973 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

Join us for a talk and book signing, followed by a wine and cheese reception with photographer Gabriele Stabile and editor Juliet Linderman.
For more information, click here.

For  information on upcoming events in New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, click here.

This event, and the work of Voice of Witness, is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Join Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9/11 Injustice editor Alia Malek for an author talk at the New York Public Library on Monday, November 19th!

Alia’s talk, “Clash of Civilizations at Home and Abroad: Still?” will explore post-9/11 civil rights, foreign policy, identity and more. Click here for more information. We hope to see you there!

To learn more about Patriot Acts or to buy a copy from the McSweeney’s Store, just click here.

This event and the work of Voice of Witness is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

This Thursday, join Voice of Witness Education Program Director Cliff Mayotte and Tides for an event from their Momentum Mixer series on The Story of Education. Cliff will join representatives from Tides, the George Lucas Education Foundation, and Sponsors for Educational Opportunity to address the question: Without education, where do we go?

Event details:
Thursday, November 01, 2012
6:00pm
VolunteerMatch Offices
550 Montgomery 8th Floor

Click here for more details.

The Voice of Witness Education Program uses books from the series to bring socially relevant, oral history-based curricula into U.S. schools. To learn more about the Education Program, please visit our Teachers page and order a free copy of our resource for teachers, The Power of the Story: The Voice of Witness Teacher’s Guide to Oral History.

Join Voice of Witness and co-editors Ayelet Waldman and Robin Levi at Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland this Wednesday for a reading from  Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives from Women’s Prisons.

Inside This Place, Not of It was published in partnership with Justice Now. It reveals some of the most egregious human rights violations within women’s prisons in the United States.

Wednesday, October 17
Diesel, A Bookstore
5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA 94618
7 pm

For more event details, click here.

To learn more about Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives from Women’s Prisons, click here.

This event, and the work of Voice of Witness, is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Join editors Ayelet Waldman and Robin Levi Wednesday, October 17 at Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland to discuss their book, Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives from Women’s Prisons. The eighth book in the Voice of Witness series and published in partnership with Justice Now, Inside This Place, Not of It reveals some of the most egregious human rights violations within women’s prisons in the United States.

Event details:
Diesel, A Bookstore
5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA 94618
7 pm

For more details, click here.

To learn more about Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives from Women’s Prisons, click here.

This event, and the work of Voice of Witness, is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Calling All Educators!

This week continues our book tour for Throwing Stones at the Moon: Narratives from Colombians Displaced by Violence. We hope you’ll join editors Sibylla Brodzinsky and Max Schoening at an event this week!

NEW YORK:

September 17
New York University, 20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor, IPK Main Conference Room, New York, NY
6:30 pm
Join Sibylla, Max, and Stephen Ferry, author of Violentology: A Manual of the Colombian Conflict, for a reading and discussion. For more information, click here.

September 18
Columbia University, Jerome Greene Annex, Morningside Heights Campus, 410 West 117th Street  NY, NY 10027
6:30 pm
Join Sibylla and Max for a reading and talk. This event is co-sponsored by PorColombia. For more information, click here.

September 19
McNally Jackson Books, 52 Prince Street, New York, NY
7:00 pm
Join Sibylla, Max, Christian Salazar (former Representative in Colombia of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights), and Stephen Ferry (author of Violentology: A Manual of the Colombian Conflict) for a discussion of human rights in Colombia. For more information, click here.

SAN FRANCISCO/BAY AREA:

September 20
UC Hastings School of Law,Sky Room, 100 McAllister Street, San Francisco
5:30 pm
Join Sibylla and Max for a reading and discussion. For more information, click here.

September 21
826 Valencia, San Francisco, CA
6:30 pm
Join Voice of Witness, Sibylla, and Max for a reading and book signing.

September 23
Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont, CA
3:00 pm
Join Sibylla and Max for a reading and talk. For more information, click here.

These events, and the work of Voice of Witness, is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.