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The Delicate Act of Oral History
By Inge Oosterhoff, former VOW Education Intern Before starting as an intern at Voice of Witness, I had little experience with oral history. I came to Voice of Witness as a Dutch MA student of North …
Can We Teach Empathy?
by Alisa Del Tufo Alisa Del Tufo is the founder of Threshhold Collaborative and an Ashoka Fellow. She works at the nexus of practice and policy with the goal of ending violence in the lives …
A Tale of Two Everyday Heroes
By Lisa Thyer, English teacher at Amos Alonzo Stagg High School in Palos Hills, Illinois Like any good English teachers, my colleague Mary and I were always looking for new ways to engage our students. Oral …
Who Benefits? Power and Privilege in Oral History Projects
By Rick Ayers Rick Ayers is an assistant professor of education at the University of San Francisco in the Urban Education and Social Justice cohort and a member of the Voice of Witness Education Advisory Board. Rick taught in …