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2024 Workshop Series: Oral History Storytelling Skills and Ethics
Storytelling is a powerful way to build community and advance justice through education and advocacy. Building on 15+ years of experience, Voice of Witness (VOW) has developed an ethics-driven oral history methodology that documents first-person …
New VOW Book Amplifies Oral Histories of Community and Migration in Appalachia, Disrupting Harmful Stereotypes
Beginning Again: Stories of Movement and Migration in Appalachia launches on June 20th! The latest in the Voice of Witness book series, Beginning Again is edited by Katrina Powell with a foreword from Nikki Giovanni. …
Exploring California History Through Intergenerational Storytelling
This year, Voice of Witness was able to expand the scope and impact of our ongoing intergenerational storytelling project with middle school students and elders. As in previous years, multilingual learners from Willie Brown Middle …
Meet Our New Website!
The team at Voice of Witness (VOW) is thrilled to share our new website! Two years ago, VOW embarked on a learning journey through our strategic vision planning process. Taking a look at our programs, …
“Our Immigration Stories”: An Oral History Video Project with 5th Graders
Oral history is a valuable tool for learning and has many applications in educational settings. We have seen firsthand how oral history projects resonate with middle, high school, and college students, inspiring curiosity, empathy, and …
New Oral History in Practice Event Series Highlights Community-Based Storytelling Projects
What does oral history look like in practice? What goes into community-rooted storytelling projects and what are the outcomes? Voice of Witness is hosting an event series of “fireside chat” conversations with practitioners who have …
Meet VOW’s New Executive Director, Natasha Johnson
By Kris Leja, VOW Board Chair On behalf of the entire Voice of Witness (VOW) team, please join us in welcoming Natasha Johnson as our new executive director. Natasha is an educator, attorney, and lifelong …
Beginning Again: A Conversation on Migration in Appalachia
Beginning Again: Stories of Movement and Migration in Appalachia is the next book in the Voice of Witness Book Series, scheduled for publication in June 2024. In this collection, twelve narrators share accounts of their …
