Racial Justice
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
Spotlight on High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago’s Public Housing
During Black History Month, Voice of Witness is highlighting High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing, an oral history book in our series. In the gripping first-person accounts of High Rise Stories, former residents …
14 Racial Justice Organizations To Support During Black History Month and Every Month
In the United States, the month of February is recognized as Black History Month. Celebrating Black History Month is an opportunity to highlight the work of important Black leaders and milestones in racial justice movements. …
Toward A Larger Freedom: An Oral History Project by Together Baton Rouge
Guest post by Phillip Norman Phillip Norman is the Communications Coordinator for Together Baton Rouge, a broad-based coalition of congregations and community-based organizations in the Greater Baton Rouge area working on community issues. Phillip was …
Looking Back at 2021 and Forward at 2022
In ways we couldn’t anticipate, 2021 was a rollercoaster of optimism and despair with the COVID-19 pandemic, the vaccines, and new variants. While it was another challenging year without much of the in-person work that …
Education • Environmental Justice • News • Racial Justice • Sharing History Initiative • Unheard Voices of the Pandemic • VOW Book Series • VOW Consultancies
10 Actions To Support Indigenous Justice and Communities
The Voice of Witness book How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America shares contemporary first-person stories in the long and ongoing fight to protect Native land, rights, and life. Edited by Sara Sinclair, …
Unheard Voices of the Pandemic: New Booklet Shares Narratives of Injustice During COVID-19
The new Unheard Voices of the Pandemic booklet is out today! Order the book here. When COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in early 2020, early media coverage characterized the disease as a “great equalizer.” As …
Advocacy • Criminal Justice • Economic Justice • Migration & Displacement • News • Racial Justice • Unheard Voices of the Pandemic • VOW Book Series
Climate Disaster & Colonialism in Puerto Rico: New VOW Book Shares First-Person Stories after Hurricane María
Mi María: Surviving the Storm is out today! Order the book here. The latest addition to the Voice of Witness oral history book series, Mi María, launches today, September 14, in advance of the four-year …
Economic Justice • Migration & Displacement • Political Oppression & Civil Rights • Racial Justice • VOW Book Series
