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Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month
A Narrator Shares His Hopes for What Activism and the Arts Will Do for His Hometown of Tehuacán Martín was raised in a family of activists in Tehuacán, Mexico. He has spent over twenty years …
Voice of Witness on KALW’s Your Call
On Monday, August 24, Voice of Witness was featured on KALW’s Your Call, a call-in show hosted by Rose Aguilar that focuses on politics, culture, dialogue, and debate. Listeners had an opportunity to call in …
Launching Today: The Voice of Witness Sharing History Initiative
In celebration of ten years of amplifying unheard voices, we’ve launched the Sharing History Initiative. We are excited to announce that the Voice of Witness Education Program has just launched the Sharing History Initiative. This one-year national book …
Meet Praveena Fernes, the Newest Member of the Voice of Witness Education Advisory Board
The Voice of Witness education team is excited to announce the newest member of our education advisory board, Praveena Fernes. She will be joining current members Gerald Richards, Nishat Kurwa, Rick Ayers, Katie Kuszmar, and …
I Am Not My Parent’s Mistakes: Stories from Children of Incarcerated Parents
Sophie Edelhart Sophie Edelhart is a senior at the Jewish Community High School of the Bay in San Francisco. Outside of school, she serves on the San Francisco Youth Commission, a body of seventeen young …
Knowing Nothing: Curiosity in Oral History
By Joell Hallowell Joell is a writer, editor, and experimental filmmaker living in San Francisco. Her books include Lawfully Wedded Wives (Spuyten Duyvil, 2013) and Take Me to the River (Heyday Books, 2010). With Meg Withers (interviewed on WordMothers …
We All Have a Story to Tell
“We all have a story to tell.” These are the words that greet my 4th grade students as they enter my classroom every day. At the beginning of the school year, I told them my …
Oral History and Vulnerability
Renowned oral historian Alessandro Portelli refers to the optimal interview experience as a “mutual sighting” between interviewer and narrator. Sounds great, doesn’t it? I’d like to have a mutual sighting! Who wouldn’t? As an educator, …
