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Toward A Larger Freedom: An Oral History Project by Together Baton Rouge
Guest post by Phillip Norman Phillip Norman is the Communications Coordinator for Together Baton Rouge, a broad-based coalition of congregations and community-based organizations in the Greater Baton Rouge area working on community issues. Phillip was …
Looking Back at 2021 and Forward at 2022
In ways we couldn’t anticipate, 2021 was a rollercoaster of optimism and despair with the COVID-19 pandemic, the vaccines, and new variants. While it was another challenging year without much of the in-person work that …
Education • Environmental Justice • News • Partnership • Racial Justice • Sharing History Initiative • Unheard Voices of the Pandemic • VOW Book Series
10 Actions To Support Indigenous Justice and Communities
The Voice of Witness book How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America shares contemporary first-person stories in the long and ongoing fight to protect Native land, rights, and life. Edited by Sara Sinclair, …
Unheard Voices of the Pandemic: New Booklet Shares Narratives of Injustice During COVID-19
The new Unheard Voices of the Pandemic booklet is out today! Order the book here. When COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in early 2020, early media coverage characterized the disease as a “great equalizer.” As …
Advocacy • Criminal Justice • Economic Justice • Migration & Displacement • News • Racial Justice • Unheard Voices of the Pandemic • VOW Book Series
10 Things You Can Do To Support Voice of Witness
Here are ten things you can do to further your partnership with Voice of Witness and support ethics-driven human rights storytelling. 1. Read. Check out the entire Voice of Witness Book Series and commit to …
The Hear/Say Project: Creating Space for Stories about Aging and Dementia
Guest Post by Roger Coble Roger Coble is a recent graduate from UC Berkeley who participated in the hear/say course that Voice of Witness coordinates with the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) at the University …
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 …
