Webinar
Community Voices Initiative: Winter 2026
In this intimate and interactive 7-week course, participants will take a deep dive into the practice of oral history and ethical storytelling. Using insights and examples from our 15+ years of oral history for justice work, VOW staff will provide a comprehensive look at the entire process, from project planning to building relationships with community …
Storytelling for Social Change Webinar
Storytelling is a valuable tool for advancing social change, and an understanding of systemic oppression is incomplete without deep listening and learning from people who have experienced injustice firsthand. This webinar will offer participants a broad introduction to Voice of Witness, our oral history methodology, and the use of storytelling to amplify the voices of …
Ask An Oral Historian: Book Publication
Ask An Oral Historian consultation hours are your chance to dive into the intricacies of oral history and learn alongside fellow storytellers. Whether you’re wrestling with a current project or just curious about the craft, these monthly 60-minute working sessions are your space to grow and ask questions in an intimate, small-group setting. In February, …
Community Voices Initiative: Fall 2025
In this intimate and interactive course, participants will take a deep dive into oral history and ethical storytelling, guided by experienced VOW staff and community guest speakers. Participants will learn about project planning and methodology and be guided through conducting and editing oral history interviews with a narrator from their community or organization. Participants will …
Workshop #3: Building Narrative Editing Skills
This session provides an introduction to VOW’s oral history editing style that combines journalistic integrity and a literary approach to honor narrators’ voices and highlight complex issues through personal story. We’ll share concrete tips and skills and provide an opportunity to practice on a sample transcript from an oral history project.
Workshop #2: Exploring the Interview Process
This session provides an introduction to interview practices, focusing on the role of respect, reciprocity, curiosity, trauma-informed approaches, insider/outsider power dynamics, consent, and more. We’ll explore case studies and create space to discuss challenges that may arise during the interview process.
Community Voices Initiative
In this intimate and interactive multi-week course, you’ll will take a deep dive into ethical storytelling and gathering first-person narratives. Participants will learn about project planning and be guided through conducting and editing oral history interviews with a community member, constituent, or colleague. You’ll finish this course with a completed narrative ready to share, as …
Documenting Refugee Stories
Join us for a conversation with Diya Abdo about oral history as a tool for documenting refugee experiences and advocating for immigrant justice. Diya founded Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR), which advocates for housing refugee families on college and university campuses and supporting them in their resettlement, and led an oral history project recording newcomer …
Advocacy • Education • Events & Webinars • Migration & Displacement • Political Oppression & Civil Rights • Racial Justice
