Arts
Voice of Witness Summer Oral History Activity Packet for Students
Welcome to all students, parents, and educators! We hope you are enjoying your summer in any way you can. The Voice of Witness education team put together this oral history toolkit as a small project …
100cameras x Voice of Witness: A New Visual and Narrative Storytelling Program for Students
Apply now for the new 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 partnership with local schools, community …
Oral History in the Classroom Q&A: Creating a Community Cookbook
Voice of Witness has an ongoing consultancy with the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), providing professional development to middle and high school teachers and librarians. VOW’s trainings offer oral history and personal narrative workshops …
Seeing the U.S.-Mexico Border through the Eyes of a Refugee
by Gabriel Mendez In early July, Voice of Witness reached out to me and told me about a protest in El Paso happening on July 5th, where artists would perform, talking about their experiences at the border and …
“Are You Colombian? Sorry.” Danny’s Story in Throwing Stones at the Moon
2019 marks 10 years for Voice of Witness as a nonprofit, and in celebration of this exciting milestone, we’re resurfacing powerful stories from every oral history book in our series. Though time has passed since these …
Arts • Cultural and Personal Identity • Migration & Displacement • Political Oppression & Civil Rights • VOW Book Series • VOW Narrators
“Happiness.” Student Stories from Impact Academy
By Stephanie He | Based on an interview conducted with Caroline Le Stephanie He is a student at Impact Academy of Art and Technology in Hayward, CA. This story was written as part of a …
Meet Our Summer Interns Margaret and Eliana
This summer, we have been fortunate to have four wonderful interns join us to support our work. In this post, two of our interns Margaret O’Hare from Haverford College and Eliana Swerdlow from Yale reflect on their summer at …
Meet Our Summer Interns Molly and Ari
This summer, we have been fortunate to have four wonderful interns join us to support our work. In this post, two of our interns Molly Hawkins and Ari Kim from Haverford College reflect on their summer …
