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Resources for Learning About and Taking Action Against Racism and Police Violence
Voice of Witness reiterates our full solidarity with Black communities and allies protesting against police brutality, mass incarceration, and the racial injustice inseparable from this country’s history and institutions. We demand accountability and justice for …
Partner Spotlight: An Interview with Centro Legal de la Raza
Founded in 1969, Centro Legal de la Raza is a legal services agency protecting and advancing the rights of low-income, immigrant, and Latino communities through bilingual legal representation, education, and advocacy. Voice of Witness spoke …
VOW Launches “Unheard Voices of the Pandemic” Storytelling Project
In 2020, Voice of Witness began working on a rapid-response oral history project called Unheard Voices of the Pandemic, which aims to—through critical, humanizing first-person narratives—illuminate how marginalized communities are disproportionately affected by the pandemic. …
Perspectives on Connection and Care During the Pandemic
As we all know, the COVID-19 pandemic is having a serious impact on teaching and learning in the US and around the world. Voice of Witness reached out to our Education Advisory Board for reflections …
A List of COVID-19 Community Resources from the VOW Team
We all need as much hope and inspiration as we can get right now. At Voice of Witness, our narrator communities—educators, students, and activists from and/or supporting those impacted by the criminal justice and immigration …
A Conversation with Indigenous Activist Gladys Radek
Gladys Radek (Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en First Nations) is a tireless grassroots advocate fighting for justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) in Canada. Herself a survivor of sexual violence in the foster …
Oral History in the Classroom Q&A: Creating a Community Cookbook
Voice of Witness has an ongoing consultancy with the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), providing professional development to middle and high school teachers and librarians. VOW’s trainings offer oral history and personal narrative workshops …
Introducing VOW’s New Curriculum Specialist for a Project on Voices From Indigenous North America
Voice of Witness is excited to introduce our new Curriculum Specialist, Suzanne Methot, for our oral history book project, How We Go Home: Voices From Indigenous North America. How We Go Home is a forthcoming collection of first-person Indigenous stories of …
