English Language Learners
No Separate Survival: A Participatory Documentary Highlights Asylum Seeker Stories
No Separate Survival is a participatory documentary film and community project that offers asylum seekers a chance to get behind the camera and share their perspectives as storytellers. Co-produced with asylum seekers on both sides …
Exploring California History Through Intergenerational Storytelling
This year, Voice of Witness was able to expand the scope and impact of our ongoing intergenerational storytelling project with middle school students and elders. As in previous years, multilingual learners from Willie Brown Middle …
The 2023 Sharing History Initiative: Free Oral History Books & Lesson Plans
Apply for the 2023 Sharing History Initiative to combat educational censorship and center marginalized voices. The Sharing History Initiative brings oral history and social justice storytelling to classrooms and communities around the United States by …
Supporting Multilingual Learners with Intergenerational Storytelling
Over the previous semester, Voice of Witness supported a new cohort of students and senior citizens in completing an intergenerational storytelling project, focused on using oral history and ethics-driven, culturally responsive practices to build relationships …
The 2022 Sharing History Initiative: Amplifying Unheard Voices
Apply for the 2022 Sharing History Initiative to amplify marginalized voices. The Sharing History Initiative introduces oral history and social justice storytelling to under-resourced classrooms and communities around the United States by providing educators, organizations, …
Education • English Language Learners • Environmental Justice • Racial Justice • Sharing History Initiative
“What Was About To Happen”: Oral Histories from Puente Project Students During the Pandemic
In 2021, Voice of Witness partnered with The Puente Project to produce a digital oral history book capturing the experiences of the students centered in their work. The Puente Project is an organization that works …
Student Oral History Projects from VOW’s Germanacos Fellows
For the past five years, the Germanacos Fellowship for Sharing History has allowed Voice of Witness to provide support for outstanding Sharing History Initiative participants and other educators to explore in-depth oral history projects with …
The 2021 Sharing History Initiative: Amplifying Indigenous Voices
Apply for the 2021 Sharing History Initiative to amplify Indigenous voices in your community! The Sharing History Initiative introduces oral history and social justice storytelling to under-resourced classrooms and communities around the United States by …
