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Bon Voyage, Natalie!

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Bon Voyage, Natalie!

Erin Vong2017-07-13T22:42:16+00:00July 13th, 2017|Categories: News|

Wishing Natalie Catasús un futuro lleno de éxitos! Please join us in wishing a heartfelt bon voyage! to Natalie Catasús, who has served as VOW’s Resource Development Associate for the past two years. This summer, Natalie will be heading to Emory University in Atlanta, where she’ll be starting her PhD in Comparative [...]

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A Warm Welcome to Our New Managing Editor

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A Warm Welcome to Our New Managing Editor

admin2017-06-16T14:40:02+00:00June 15th, 2017|Categories: News|

Introducing Dao X. Tran (left), our new managing editor, and saying goodbye to Luke Gerwe (right) after four and a half years of amazing work. It’s a bittersweet time for the Voice of Witness team as we bid farewell to one of our amazing staff members (and welcome a fantastic new member [...]

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Projects Featured in VOW’s Upcoming Oral History Handbook Are Taking Off

Education, News

Projects Featured in VOW’s Upcoming Oral History Handbook Are Taking Off

admin2017-05-03T18:27:27+00:00April 15th, 2017|Categories: Education, News|Tags: EDU partners, VOW Oral History Handbook|

VOW Education Program Director Cliff Mayotte, Pendarvis Harshaw, and VOW Education Associate Erin Vong at a reading and book-signing for OG Told Me at Oaklandish in Oakland, California on April 2, 2017. The VOW education team has been developing a new book called The Voice of Witness Oral History Handbook: Approaches, Methodologies, and Practices (formerly titled [...]

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VOW on PBS Book View Now at 2017 AWP Conference

Activism, Arts, News

VOW on PBS Book View Now at 2017 AWP Conference

admin2017-05-03T18:28:23+00:00February 16th, 2017|Categories: Activism, Arts, News|Tags: Mimi Lok|

In an interview with PBS Book View Now, VOW's executive director and co-founder Mimi Lok spoke about VOW's work at the intersection of literature and human rights. The interview took place at the 2017 Associated Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference in Washington D.C., where over 12,000 writers gathered for panels, workshops, [...]

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Podcast Feature: VOW on The Literary Life

Home and Belonging, News, Poverty and Economic Rights, Racial Justice, VOW Editor Interviews

Podcast Feature: VOW on The Literary Life

admin2017-05-03T19:32:19+00:00October 21st, 2016|Categories: Home and Belonging, News, Poverty and Economic Rights, Racial Justice, VOW Editor Interviews|Tags: audrey petty, high rise stories|

Author Amy Hassinger (left) featured High Rise Stories on a recent episode of The Literary Life. Amy reads from the book's introduction by VOW editor Audrey Petty (center). Voice of Witness hit the airwaves this month on The Literary Life, a weekly micro-podcast on all things writing and literature-related, hosted by author Amy Hassinger. The episode [...]

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Magnum Foundation & Voice of Witness Partner to Educate Through Multimedia Storytelling Amidst Colombian Peace Talks

Education, Exile & Displacement, News

Magnum Foundation & Voice of Witness Partner to Educate Through Multimedia Storytelling Amidst Colombian Peace Talks

admin2017-05-03T19:44:33+00:00October 6th, 2016|Categories: Education, Exile & Displacement, News|Tags: colombia, EDU partners, Magnum Foundation, Multimedia|

For over five decades, Colombia has been embroiled in internal armed conflict among guerrilla groups, paramilitary militias, and the country’s own military. Civilians in Colombia have faced a range of abuses from all sides, including killings, disappearances, and rape—and more than four million have been forced to flee their homes. As the crisis [...]

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What Happens When Philanthropy and Empathy Meet?

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What Happens When Philanthropy and Empathy Meet?

admin2016-10-05T21:40:21+00:00October 5th, 2016|Categories: News|

Voice of Witness Demonstrates the Unparalleled Power of Story to Catalyze Dialogue September 30, 2016 By Sophie Lee at The Whitman Institute This article was originally published by our good friends and long-time supporters at The Whitman Institute (TWI). We are extremely grateful for TWI's ongoing support of the work we do, and for their commitment [...]

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Back on the Shelves! Stories from Undocumented Immigrants & People Inside the Criminal Justice System

Criminal Justice, Immigration, News

Back on the Shelves! Stories from Undocumented Immigrants & People Inside the Criminal Justice System

admin2017-05-03T19:45:53+00:00September 14th, 2016|Categories: Criminal Justice, Immigration, News|Tags: Inside This Place Not of It, Surviving Justice, Underground America|

We are pleased to announce that three of our most popular backlist titles—Underground America: Narratives of Undocumented Lives, Surviving Justice: America’s Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated, and Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives from Women’s Prisons—are now available for purchase. The books can be purchased individually, or as bulk orders. Due to overwhelming demand [...]

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