Advocacy

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 …


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 …


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 …


VOW Response to Chauvin Conviction: More Work Ahead
Derek Chauvin has been found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Last year, the death of George Floyd, a Black man, at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers led to national …


Storytelling for Advocacy: A Temporary Protected Status Campaign with East Bay Sanctuary Covenant
Based in Berkeley, East Bay Sanctuary Covenant provides legal services, community organizing, and transformative education to support low-income immigrants and people fleeing violence and persecution. VOW is a member of the Amplifying Sanctuary Voices storytelling …


8 Things You Can Do To Support the AAPIs in Your Life
By Mimi Lok, Executive Director of Voice of WitnessOriginally posted on social media on March 24, 2021 In the week since the Atlanta shootings, which claimed the lives of eight people—six of whom were AAPI …


Ending Anti-Asian Violence and Dismantling White Supremacy and Misogyny
The heartbreaking acts of violence in Atlanta on Tuesday, March 16, reflect a larger trend of discrimination and violence toward Asians and Asian Americans that has only increased since the pandemic began, fueled by anti-Asian …