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[VIDEO] How VOW Editor Jimmie Briggs is Helping the People of Ferguson Take Back Their Stories
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[VIDEO] Meet Soledad, a Youth Migrant Determined to Take Back Her Story
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Book Launch 5/23: Chasing the Harvest at Green Apple
EVENT Book Launch with Gabriel Thompson, Editor of Chasing the Harvest: Migrant Workers in California Agriculture Tuesday, May 23, 2017 | 7:30pm – 10:30pm Green Apple Books on the Park (View map) 1231 9th Avenue San …
From Our Cofounder: Help Us #TakeBackTheStory This May
Dear Friends, We live in a time when stereotypes and dehumanizing labels like “criminal” or “illegal alien” are having devastating consequences for communities across the country. But in the face of injustice, the most marginalized …
Alia Malek at Green Apple Books on the Park
EVENT Alia Malek on The Home That Was Our Country Monday, May 8, 2017 | 7:30pm – 9:00pm Green Apple Books on the Park (View map) 1231 9th Avenue San Francisco, CA 94122 Free Alia …
In Deep with Angie Coiro: Immigration—Real Politics, Real People
Immigration expert Terri Givens (left) and labor journalist and VOW editor Gabriel Thompson (right) EVENT In Deep with Angie Coiro: Immigration—Real Politics, Real People Wednesday, May 3, 2017 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm Kepler’s Books (View …
LA Times Festival of Books: Lost Stories of the West
EVENT Lost Stories of the West Sunday, April 23 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm LA Times Festival of Books University of Southern California University Park Campus Los Angeles, CA 90089 Hancock Foundation, Signing Area 1 Free …
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 …
