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VOW Vision Plan: A Community-led Approach To Amplifying Unheard Voices
The past two years have been a time of reflection and transition within Voice of Witness (VOW) as we approached the end of our five-year vision plan. Entering 2022, we wished to explore equity and …
10 Actions To Support Puerto Ricans in the Aftermath of Climate Disaster
While news of climate change has been top of mind for years, so rarely do we get to hear directly from the people most impacted—those on the frontlines of climate disaster—about their experiences. Last year, …
New Resource: VOW’s 7 Ethical Storytelling Principles
Much care and consideration are required to ensure storytelling practices are not extractive or harmful to those sharing their experiences. The following principles are informed by VOW’s nearly 15 years of experience conducting ethics-driven oral …
Classroom Spotlight: Creating An Oral History Cookbook
Voice of Witness has collaborated with Ria Fay-Berquist, a humanities teacher at Latitude High School in Oakland, CA for the past three years as her students have moved up through the grades. This year, in …
2022 Workshop Series: Oral History Storytelling Skills and Ethics
Storytelling is a powerful method to advance justice, and an understanding of systemic oppression is incomplete without deep listening and learning from marginalized communities. Building on nearly 15 years of experience, Voice of Witness (VOW) …
Bringing Light to Climate Migration
Climate change is a human rights issue affecting more people every day. Drought, famine, floods, sea level rise, wildfires, biodiversity loss, and many other environmental changes will displace an estimated 200 million people by 2050. …
Join the Teach Truth Days of Action Campaign
Voice of Witness is partnering with the Zinn Education Project and other organizations to support educators, students, parents, and community members in rallying across the country and pledging to #TeachTruth on June 11 and 12, …
New Workshop: How Oral History Storytelling Can Support Ethical Fundraising
Join Voice of Witness for an online workshop on June 7 to learn about using ethics-driven storytelling practices in development work. Fundraisers know better than anyone the need to effectively illustrate the impact of a …
