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What’s Your Story?
Editor’s Note: The “I, Witness” blog series explores the ethics, challenges, and possibilities of teaching and conducting oral history. What’s Your Story? By William Ayers We are all refugees from our childhoods. And so we …
How Are Single Stories Dangerous?
By Claire Sorrenson, a former Voice of Witness Education Program Intern with a passion for telling stories that drive social change. Claire currently works in the nonprofit communications sector. Editor’s Note: The “I, Witness” blog …
The Delicate Act of Oral History
Editor’s Note: The “I, Witness” blog series explores the ethics, challenges, and possibilities of teaching and conducting oral history. The Delicate Act of Oral History By Inge Oosterhoff, former VOW Education InternBefore starting as an intern …
Can We Teach Empathy?
Editor’s Note: The “I, Witness” blog series explores the ethics, challenges, and possibilities of teaching and conducting oral history. Alisa Del Tufo, center, with storytelling workshop participants Alisa Del Tufo is the founder of Threshold …
A Tale of Two Everyday Heroes
Editor’s Note: The “I, Witness” blog series explores the ethics, challenges, and possibilities of teaching and conducting oral history. Teachers Mary Ogarek and Lisa Thyer Lisa Thyer is an English Teacher at Amos Alonzo Stagg …
Who Benefits? Power and Privilege in Oral History Projects
Editor’s Note: This is the first post in the “I, Witness” blog series, which explores the ethics, challenges, and possibilities of teaching and conducting oral history. Rick Ayers is an assistant professor of education at the University of …
