EDU partners
Oscar Ramos: Changing the Way Schools Support Immigrant Students
Oscar Ramos is a teacher at Sherwood Elementary School in East Salinas, California. His story appears in VOW’s Chasing the Harvest: Migrant Workers in California Agriculture. Oscar’s students are often amazed when they hear his story—a …
VOW Receives Human Rights Education Award
The Voice of Witness team is excited to share that we have been awarded the 2017 Edward O’Brien Human Rights Education Award. Each year, the award recognizes one organization and one individual who have made …
Projects Featured in VOW’s Upcoming Oral History Handbook Are Taking Off
VOW Education Program Director Cliff Mayotte, Pendarvis Harshaw, and VOW Education Associate Erin Vong at a reading and book-signing for OG Told Me at Oaklandish in Oakland, California on April 2, 2017. The VOW education team has been …
USF School of Education & Voice of Witness Team Up for Human Rights Education Course
USF students learn strategies for teaching human rights during an interactive lesson led by Voice of Witness staff. This article was originally published on the University of San Francisco’s blog and has been re-published here with the author’s …
hear/say Book Launch & Reception at UCSF Memory and Aging Center
Join us on February 2, 2017 to celebrate the book launch of hear/say, a collection of personal stories about aging, dementia, art, and life. 5:30 presentation, reader’s theater, video, and Q&A 6:30 reception, book available …
Making History: How One Nurse is Changing the Story of Dementia
“These are topics that we don’t often explore in the context of traditional medicine.” Partner Spotlight: Jennifer Merrilees Jennifer is a clinical nurse specialist at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center (MAC), where she works …
Making History: How a Hurricane Katrina Survivor Helped One Student Find Her Purpose
“This was a turning point in my life.” STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Danielle Covington Danielle discovered her passion for socially engaged theatre in high school, while adapting the VOW book Voices from the Storm: The People of …
Magnum Foundation & Voice of Witness Partner to Educate Through Multimedia Storytelling Amidst Colombian Peace Talks
For over five decades, Colombia has been embroiled in internal armed conflict among guerrilla groups, paramilitary militias, and the country’s own military. Civilians in Colombia have faced a range of abuses from all sides, including …
