Migration & Displacement
Call for Narrators for a New Oral History Project: Stories of Resettlement in Appalachia
Voice of Witness is seeking people who want to tell their stories about resettlement in Appalachia. For an upcoming oral history project, Resettled: Narratives of Beginning (Again) in Appalachia, Voice of Witness is looking for …
Partner Spotlight: An Interview with Centro Legal de la Raza
Founded in 1969, Centro Legal de la Raza is a legal services agency protecting and advancing the rights of low-income, immigrant, and Latino communities through bilingual legal representation, education, and advocacy. Voice of Witness spoke …
Looking Back at 2019 and Forward at 2020
In 2019, Voice of Witness had a lot to celebrate. We released Say it Forward: A Guide to Social Justice Storytelling – our DIY guide that outlines our critical oral history methodology – and Solito, Solita: Crossing the …
Voice of Witness at the Howard Zinn Book Fair
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 …
From the Archives: Rosario’s Story of Farmworker Strikes in Chasing the Harvest
2019 marks 10 years for Voice of Witness as a nonprofit, and in celebration of this exciting milestone, we are resurfacing powerful stories from every oral history book in our series. Though time has passed since …
Solito, Solita Shortlisted for Juan E. Méndez Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America
Voice of Witness’s latest oral history book, Solito, Solita, has been shortlisted for the Juan E. Méndez Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America. Solito, Solita (“Alone, Alone”) is an urgent collection of oral …
“Growing Up, I Never Saw Ambulances.” Eddie’s Story of Chicago Public Housing
Eddie Leman’s Story At the time of his interview for High Rise Stories, Eddie was enrolled in graduate courses in business administration at Chicago State University. He maintained a busy schedule, studying, coparenting, working at …
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 …
