Education
Sharing History 2016-17 Participants Announced
Excitement is in the air. The VOW education team has just notified 34 schools and organizations that they’ve been selected to be part of the 2016-17 Sharing History Initiative. The initiative provides educators, storytellers, and social …
Amplifying Unheard Voices: Our Interns Reflect on VOW’s Annual Oral History Workshop
Editor’s Note: The blog series “I, Witness,” seeks to explore the ethics, challenges, and possibilities of teaching and conducting oral history. VOW summer 2016 interns Miriam Hwang-Carlos and Charlotte Edelstein. Photo courtesy of Lisa Anderson. …
The 2016 Sharing History Initiative is Open for Applications!
The 2016 Sharing History Initiative is officially underway!In service of our commitment to fostering storytelling in classrooms and communities around the United States, the Voice of Witness Education Program has just launched the second annual …
High School Students Publish Book After Year-Long Voice of Witness Course
It’s a proud moment for the VOW Education Program. After over a year of rigorous oral history work, the students at Amos Alonzo Stagg High School in Palos Hills, Chicago have just published a book of stories …
“You Can’t Just Create a Beautiful Space. It Also Has to Feel Safe to Be There.”
A Q&A with How We Go Home editor Sara SinclairWe’re excited to share an inside look into one of the newest oral history projects from Voice of Witness: How We Go Home. How We Go Home …
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Recap: #TuneInToTeachers 2016
Thanks to everyone who celebrated Teacher Appreciation week by joining our #TuneInToTeachers campaign! And special thanks to our partners at 826 National, The Teacher Salary Project, Yes! For Teachers, Brave New Films, and the Zinn Education …
Diversifying the Story of Dementia
VOW’s Residency at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center We are excited to share that Voice of Witness is the 2015-2016 Hellman Artist in Residence at the University of California San Francisco’s Memory and Aging Center (MAC). …
The Sharing History Initiative is Underway!
School is officially in session, and teachers who received curricula and copies of The Voice of Witness Reader through the Sharing History Initiative have already got their students digging into the stories inside. Here’s what they have …
