Storytelling Best Practices
From the Archives: Rhonda Sylvester in Voices from the Storm
2019 marks 10 years for Voice of Witness as a nonprofit, and in celebration of this exciting milestone, we’re resurfacing powerful stories from every oral history book in our series. Though time has passed since …
Economic Justice • Migration & Displacement • Political Oppression & Civil Rights • Racial Justice • Storytelling Best Practices • VOW Book Series • VOW Narrators
Using Storytelling as a Public Health Tool
by Praveena Fernes I was 15 when I was first introduced to best practices in storytelling through Voice of Witness (VOW), an organization that illuminates contemporary human rights crises in an oral history book series. …
Dad Deserved Better
by Joe GarciaJoe Garcia is a student at the Prison University Project (PUP) at San Quentin State Prison. His story is one in a series of oral histories that Voice of Witness has collected through collaborative …
Oral History, Memory, and Aging
by Cliff Mayotte, Education Program Director Personal stories are a powerful way to share the rich, multi-dimensional nature of people’s experiences with aging, dementia, and caregiving. That’s why in 2016, Voice of Witness began a …
I Ran a Marathon in Prison
by Steve BrooksSteve Brooks is a student at the Prison University Project (PUP) at San Quentin State Prison. His story is one in a series of oral histories that Voice of Witness has collected through …
Oral History as Social Justice
2019 marks an exciting milestone for Voice of Witness, as we celebrate our ten-year anniversary as a nonprofit, and of our education program. We’re proud to have grown our education program into a mighty team of oral history champions, who …
Arts • Cultural and Personal Identity • Education • Storytelling Best Practices • VOW Book Series • VOW Narrators
A Summer of Learning: Hear from the Haverford Interns
Editor’s Note: The blog series “I, Witness,” seeks to explore the ethics, challenges, and possibilities of teaching and conducting oral history. VOW summer 2017 interns Phillip Reid and Mary Kearney-Brown hold copies of our newest …
Amplifying Unheard Voices: Reflections on VOW’s Annual Oral History Training
Editor’s Note: The blog series “I, Witness,” seeks to explore the ethics, challenges, and possibilities of teaching and conducting oral history. VOW summer 2017 interns Phillip Reid and Mary Kearney-Brown hold copies of our newest …
