Oral history is a universal form of storytelling. For many years, Voice of Witness has shared powerful stories of people impacted by injustice with a broad audience of readers.
Say It Forward
extends this work, offering a DIY guide for social justice storytelling that outlines the critical methodology at the core of Voice of Witness’s evocative oral history collections. Field reports candidly detail how to harness the power of personal narrative to expose larger issues of inequality.
Cliff Mayotte
is the education program director with Voice of Witness. He previously edited
The Power of the Story: The Voice of Witness Teachers Guide to Oral History
.
Claire Kiefer
is the author of
Bear Witness
. She was a Voice of Witness curriculum specialist and currently works at the Georgia Capital Defender.