Arts
Preserving Puerto Rican Voices: Oral History Training with NMPRAC
This month, Voice of Witness led a comprehensive oral history project planning and archiving workshop for The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture (NMPRAC) as they prepare to launch an ambitious new initiative. …
Activating Oral History: Juania Sueños on the Power of Art and Testimonio
This quarterly interview series explores how practitioners develop and present oral histories across different formats to create impact. For the second interview in our Activating Oral History series, we’re featuring the work of Juania Sueños, …
VOW Loses Vital Program Grant Through NEA Funding Cuts
Last week, VOW lost a major grant due to the Trump administration’s funding cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). This essential support funded our Storyteller Initiative, an innovative fellowship providing training and …
2025 Workshop Series: Oral History Storytelling Skills and Ethics
Storytelling is a powerful way to build community and advance justice through education and advocacy. Over the past 20 years, Voice of Witness (VOW) has developed an ethics-driven oral history methodology that documents first-person narratives …
Community Voices Initiative: A New Multi-Week Storytelling Course
In this intimate and interactive multi-week course, participants will take a deep dive into the practice of oral history and ethical storytelling with Voice of Witness (VOW). Using insights and examples from our 15+ years …
2025 Oral History in Practice Event Series
What does oral history look like in practice? What goes into community-rooted storytelling projects and what are the outcomes? Voice of Witness is hosting a series of intimate conversations with practitioners who have developed and …
Staff Spotlight: Interview in US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal
Our Editorial Program Manager, Fanny Julissa García, was interviewed in the US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal about her experiences in the field and approach to this work. In this interview, Fanny describes her …
Oral History in Practice: Celebrating Asian American Music and Memory
As part of the Oral History in Practice event series, Voice of Witness hosted a webinar with Rochelle Kwan, a cultural organizer, artist, and oral history educator, based in New York City’s Chinatown. Rochelle shared …
