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Climate Disaster & Colonialism in Puerto Rico: New VOW Book Shares First-Person Stories after Hurricane María
Mi María: Surviving the Storm is out today! Order the book here. The latest addition to the Voice of Witness oral history book series, Mi María, launches today, September 14, in advance of the four-year …
Economic Justice • Migration & Displacement • Political Oppression & Civil Rights • Racial Justice • VOW Book Series
Storytelling for Advocacy: Amplifying Sanctuary Voices
Amplifying Sanctuary Voices is a community-based oral history project centering the stories of Bay Area residents who have migrated to the US seeking sanctuary. Amplifying Sanctuary Voices (ASV) is a storytelling initiative led by East …
Narratives of Disability and Displacement: Oral Histories of Disabled Refugees
Guest post by Jennifer Ward Jennifer Ward recently completed her Doctor of Education degree at the University of San Francisco and wrote a dissertation highlighting the experiences of disabled displaced refugees. She was trained in …
Announcing Next Book Release: Narratives from Puerto Rico
Mark your calendars! The next book in the Voice of Witness series, Mi María: Surviving the Storm, is officially launching on September 14, 2021. Mi María shares 17 first-person stories of surviving Hurricane María and …
Program Impact: Students Empowered To Share Stories and Build Community
In fall 2020, the first year of the dynamic new 100cameras x Voice of Witness program was implemented in collaboration with M.S.50 El Puente Community School in Brooklyn and New York Center for Interpersonal Development …
Student Oral History Projects from VOW’s Germanacos Fellows
For the past five years, the Germanacos Fellowship for Sharing History has allowed Voice of Witness to provide support for outstanding Sharing History Initiative participants and other educators to explore in-depth oral history projects with …
100cameras x Voice of Witness Storytelling Program for Students: Applications Now Open!
Apply now for this dynamic program to support your students in telling their stories through photography and personal narrative. The 100cameras x Voice of Witness program collaboration is designed to work in partnership with local …
VOW Storytelling Support: Amplify Your Community’s Voices
Building on over 10 years of oral history storytelling, Voice of Witness (VOW) has developed a methodology that effectively uses personal narrative to support a wide range of organizations and projects, including those focused on education, arts, social …
