Education
A List of COVID-19 Community Resources from the VOW Team
We all need as much hope and inspiration as we can get right now. At Voice of Witness, our narrator communities—educators, students, and activists from and/or supporting those impacted by the criminal justice and immigration …
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 …
Introducing VOW’s New Curriculum Specialist for a Project on Voices From Indigenous North America
Voice of Witness is excited to introduce our new Curriculum Specialist, Suzanne Methot, for our oral history book project, How We Go Home: Voices From Indigenous North America. How We Go Home is a forthcoming collection of first-person Indigenous stories of …
10 Dynamic Resources for Black History Month
For Black History Month, Voice of Witness put together a list of 10 key resources for deepening understanding of Black history and racial justice. The list includes a mix of organizations, resources, and nonfiction books …
Humanizing Oral Histories: Student Podcasts on Identity, Learning, and Resistance
Through a consultancy with the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) Teacher-Librarians Department, the VOW Education Program has been working with several middle and high schools around the city to develop oral history projects for …
“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 …
