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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 …
Q&A: Alia Malek on Syria, Narrative Journalism, and the Power of Making It Personal
Photo: Peter van Agtmael/Magnum Photos In her new book The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria, journalist Alia Malek (editor of Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9/11 Injustice) recounts her journey to reclaim and restore her …
Webinar: Media Options for Sharing Out Your Oral Histories
Online Webinar Monday, April 24, 2017 | 3:30 – 4:10pm PST What’s the best type of media for your oral history project? The third webinar from the VOW Education Program will explore the various types …
Now Open! Temporary VOW Book Store at Aesop in LA & Brooklyn
Copyright Chien-Chi Chang/Magnum Photos Voice of Witness is coming to LA and Brooklyn! Starting March 17, 2017, Aesop is hosting temporary VOW book stores featuring books from the VOW series at their signature stores at Aesop Silver Lake, Los Angeles …
Workshop: Teaching Sikh History and the Immigrant Experience
Guru Nanak converses with Muslim clerics, from a manuscript of the Janam Sakhi (Life Stories), 1800–1900. India or Pakistan; Punjab region. Opaque watercolors on paper. Asian Art Museum, Gift of the Kapany Collection, 1998.58.22. Photograph …
A Story of Racial Injustice Inspired This Moving Poem from a Middle Schooler
We’re about midway through the 2016-17 Sharing History Initiative, and we’re witnessing a lot of exciting work from participating teachers and students. Jennifer Dean is an 8th grade English teacher at Leander Middle School, a Title I school …
