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Voice of Witness x The World As It Could Be
The World As It Could Be, an Alameda County human rights education program and long-term Voice of Witness partner, recently sat down with VOW staff to discuss human rights education, the Universal Declaration of Human …
Checking In With VOW Narrators: Where Are They Now?
Relationship building and co-creation with narrators and project partners are key to an ethical storytelling process. Recently, we checked in with two of VOW’s longterm collaborators to hear what they’ve been up to. Luz Hernandez …
Sharing Our Methodology: Oral History Workshop with Nearpod
At Voice of Witness, we not only work to share stories themselves, but we also believe it is crucial to share the methodology of our storytelling. By forging space for ethics-driven oral history practices—and embedding …
100cameras Program Impact: Students Sharing Stories and Building Empathy
Last year, the second iteration of the dynamic 100cameras x Voice of Witness storytelling program was implemented in collaboration with Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center (TEL HI) in San Francisco. The program is a seven-class course …
Where To Find Inclusive, Real History in the Anti-CRT Era
By Jennifer Gonzalez in Cult of Pedagogy; re-published with permission We are living in a time when a segment of the population is working as hard as it can to keep our students ignorant of history. …
VOW Vision Plan: A Community-led Approach To Amplifying Unheard Voices
The past two years have been a time of reflection and transition within Voice of Witness (VOW) as we approached the end of our five-year vision plan. Entering 2022, we wished to explore equity and …
10 Actions To Support Puerto Ricans in the Aftermath of Climate Disaster
While news of climate change has been top of mind for years, so rarely do we get to hear directly from the people most impacted—those on the frontlines of climate disaster—about their experiences. Last year, …
New Resource: VOW’s 7 Ethical Storytelling Principles
Much care and consideration are required to ensure storytelling practices are not extractive or harmful to those sharing their experiences. The following principles are informed by VOW’s nearly 15 years of experience conducting ethics-driven oral …
