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Meet Our Summer Interns from Haverford College
Each summer, Haverford College and Voice of Witness partner on an internship program for up to two of their students. This year, Chace Pulley and Bonnie McKelvie came to join us for ten weeks, helping us …
Oral History Projects from our 2017-18 Germanacos Fellows
Since 2015, the VOW Education Program’s Sharing History Initiative has supported passionate and underfunded teachers, storytellers, and community leaders in bringing social justice-based storytelling into their communities. In summer of 2016, the VOW Education Program …
Arts • Cultural and Personal Identity • Education • English Language Learners • Sharing History Initiative
Nowhere to Turn: Hundreds of refugees stuck in Tijuana with no clear path forward
by Steven Mayers Crossing from San Ysidro into Mexico on foot, I don’t even need to show my passport. After walking down a hallway for a few minutes and across a footbridge, I am spit …
An Oral History of Organic Farming
Our Education Advisory Board member Katie Kuszmar has been collaborating with one of the founders of California Certified Organic Farmers to preserve the history of the organic farming movement and honor the voices of its pioneers by collecting oral …
Summer Reading List from VOW
The Voice of Witness team has put together a short summer reading list, featuring a few personal recommendations from our staff. What do you plan to read this summer? Electric Arches by Eve L. Ewing …
Arts • Cultural and Personal Identity • Migration & Displacement • Political Oppression & Civil Rights • Racial Justice • VOW Book Series
Resettlement Stories for World Refugee Day
A refugee’s story does not end once they’ve reached a host country. In fact, that is often just the beginning of their journey. On World Refugee Day, join us in honoring the courage of refugees by …
Our First San Francisco-Based Project!
We’re so excited about our first San Francisco-based VOW oral history project, Proyecto Santuario, a participatory, community-based project that explores the history of San Francisco as a “sanctuary city” through the voices of Central American immigrants and refugees. …
Announcing Our New Oral History Projects!
The Voice of Witness team is excited to introduce three new oral history projects incubating in the VOW Story Lab! From Puerto Rico, to San Francisco and Appalachia, the inspiring people behind these projects are determined to share …
