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Projects Featured in VOW’s Upcoming Oral History Handbook Are Taking Off
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 …
VOW on PBS Book View Now at 2017 AWP Conference
PGlmcmFtZSB3aWR0aD0iNjAwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjQyNiIgc3JjPSJodHRwOi8vcGxheWVyLnBicy5vcmcvdmlyYWxwbGF5ZXIvMjM2NTk1NDMwMS8iIGZyYW1lYm9yZGVyPSIwIiBtYXJnaW53aWR0aD0iMCIgbWFyZ2luaGVpZ2h0PSIwIiBzY3JvbGxpbmc9Im5vIiBzZWFtbGVzcyBhbGxvd2Z1bGxzY3JlZW4+PC9pZnJhbWU+ 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 …
Podcast Feature: VOW on The Literary Life
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 …
Magnum Foundation & Voice of Witness Partner to Educate Through Multimedia Storytelling Amidst Colombian Peace Talks
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 …
What Happens When Philanthropy and Empathy Meet?
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 …
Back on the Shelves! Stories from Undocumented Immigrants & People Inside the Criminal Justice System
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 …
Meet the 2016-17 Germanacos Fellows for Sharing History
Last year, the VOW Education Program launched the Sharing History Initiative to support passionate and underfunded teachers, storytellers, and community leaders in bringing social justice-based storytelling into their communities. Today, we’re thrilled to announce that thanks to the …
Big news for the VOW Education Program
Introducing VOW’s new education associate, Erin Vong. Claire Kiefer to be VOW’s curriculum specialist. Expanding Our Team The summer has been a time of transition and opportunity for the VOW Education Program as we welcome our …
