Voice of Witness is partnering with the Zinn Education Project and other organizations to support educators, students, parents, and community members in rallying across the country and pledging to #TeachTruth on June 11 and 12, …
Join Voice of Witness for an online workshop on June 7 to learn about using ethics-driven storytelling practices in development work. Fundraisers know better than anyone the need to effectively illustrate the impact of a …
Storytelling is a powerful method to advance justice, and an understanding of systemic oppression is incomplete without deep listening and learning from marginalized communities. Building on over 10 years of experience, Voice of Witness (VOW) …
Tune into our event series around the launch of How We Go Home: Voices of Indigenous North America, our latest oral history collection. The newest addition to the Voice of Witness (VOW) oral history book series, …
On December 8, 2019, the Howard Zinn Book Fair in San Francisco will feature speakers from two Voice of Witness books: Solito, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America and Chasing the Harvest: Migrant Workers in California Agriculture. The …
Ten years ago, Voice of Witness began its journey as a nonprofit organization, with the vision to bring the critical oral histories of marginalized communities to audiences nationwide. On September 18, 2019, we brought these …
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 …
by Ela Banerjee “Thank you for joining us on this glorious day for America!” Hearing these words from our pilot, Solito, Solita narrator Gabriel Mendez and I both stiffened and shared an uncomfortable glance. It’s true that …