| new york event
On May 20, 2008, the editors of Underground America will speak at 826NYC in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Speakers will include the book's editor Peter Orner, Dave Eggers, associate editors Doug Ford and Jaykumar Menon, and a narrator from the book.
Where: 826NYC (372 Fifth Ave., Brooklyn, NY)
When: May 20, 2008, 8pm
Admission is free. Books will be on sale, with proceeds benefiting 826 and Voice of Witness.
Space is limited, so registration is encouraged. RSVP to press@mcsweeneys.net
Date posted: 5/7/o8
Book Excerpt
Underground America, the third book in the Voice of Witness series, will be available soon. Edited by author Peter Orner, the book presents the stories of immigrants struggling to carve a life for themselves in America, without the benefit of legal status. They persevere, despite the fact that by entering the United States illegally, they sacrifice many of the most basic human rights protections. Click here to read Peter Orner's introduction.
Date posted: 3/11/08
renee martin feature
Hurricane Katrina stranded Renee Martin stranded in New Orleans with no money, and no help. She fought for days to escape the city. Eventually, she made her way to Houston, where she tried to begin a new life. She first told us her incredible story in Voices from the Storm. Two years later, Martin is struggling to adapt to new tragedies and life in a new city. Click here to read the feature.
Date posted: 10/06/07
book excerpt
With funds provided by the Valentino Achak Deng Foundation, Voice of Witness guest editor Craig Walzer recently traveled to Sudan to gather interviews with those affected by the civil war. We're editing those interviews—along with others gathered by Dave Eggers and Valentino Achak Deng—for a forthcoming Voice of Witness book. Click here to read an excerpt from the book.
Date posted: 9/25/07
book recommendation
Our staff recently came across a book that we'd like to share with our readers. That the World May Know by
James Dawes is an extraordinarily sensitive
and nuanced meditation on the impulse to give voice to those who have
witnessed atrocities, and the complications that arise when one does so.
This subject could not have been handled better than Dawes does. The book is
balanced, careful, but also beautifully written.
Date posted: 9/12/2007
Voice of witness in the classroom
Lisa Morehouse has created two new sets of lesson plans, tested by local teachers, and available now online. Click here to download or browse them in their entirety.
Date posted: 6/7/2007
blog
Click here to read VOW managing editor Chris Ying's latest blog for the Huffington Post.
Date posted: 3/21/2007
announcement
Voice of Witness thrives on the support of volunteers. If you are interested in donating your time, click on the How You Can Help link on the left, or here.
Date posted: 3/15/2007
announcement
Exoneree Kevin Green will be speaking at Downtown Books and Toys in Jefferson City tomorrow, March 9th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Date posted: 3/8/2007
News feature
The U.S. State Department released its annual human-rights
report on March 6th, citing violations in Sudan,
Iraq, Iran, China, North Korea, and other nations. The
report called the ongoing genocide in the Darfur
region of Sudan the world's most egregious human-rights abuse, and described it as "the most sobering reality of all." In addition to its critiques of other nation's
human-rights abuses, it also called into question the
United States' own record, referring to its
treatment of suspected terrorists. Click here to read the report and related articles.
Date posted: 3/7/2007
Multimedia
We’ve added a podcast subscription feed. Now, each time we post a new podcast, it will be downloaded automatically to your iTunes or other feed reader. Click here to subscribe.
Date posted: 3/6/2007
voice of witness in the classroom
Students from San Leandro High School have given us some feedback on Surviving Justice, and their reactions to having David Pope come to their classroom. Click here to read their comments.
Date posted: 2/22/2007
Voice of witness in the classroom
We're pleased to present the first lesson plan designed to accompany the Voice of Witness series. Bay Area teacher Lisa Morehouse has developed a lesson based on her own experiences teaching high school students to create oral histories from interviews with their family members. Click here to find out more.
Date posted: 1/29/2007
voice of witness in the classroom
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Exoneree David Pope and Voice of Witness series editor Lola Vollen recently gave a presentation at San Leandro High School to a class of students who had been reading Surviving Justice. Click here to read more and see pictures of the event. |
Date posted: 1/19/2007
blog
Voice of Witness managing editor Chris Ying writes a VoW blog for the Huffington Post. Click here to read his latest entry.
Date posted: 1/11/2007
announcement
Our website now features a human-rights news section, which will contain a frequently-updated archive of articles pertaining to the subjects that Voice of Witness covers. If you come across an article that you would like to see posted on our site, please feel free to email news@voiceofwitness.com.
Date posted: 1/11/2007
multimedia feature:
podcast episode 1: Dan bright
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Dan Bright is one of thirteen New Orleanians who narrate Voices from the Storm. His story is a remarkable one. Wrongfully convicted of first-degree murder in 1996, Bright was exonerated in 2000 only to find himself arrested again and brought to Orleans Parish Prison on misdemeanor charges the night before Hurricane Katrina. Click here to download the podcast, or here for photos and more. |
Date posted: 1/10/2007
announcement
Voice of Witness is now a proud member of the Intersection Incubator, a program of Intersection for the Arts providing fiscal sponsorship, incubation, and consulting services to artists. Intersection is San Francisco's oldest alternative arts space, presenting groundbreaking works in the literary, performing, visual and interdisciplinary arts. Visit theintersection.org.
Date posted: 1/10/2007
News feature:
REDUCTION in death sentences
A recent report by the Death Penalty Information Center announced that the number of death sentences has dropped steadily since the 1999 and has now reached the lowest level in decades. Experts believe that increased public awareness of wrongful convictions is one of the main causes of the drop. Read more about this exciting news—as reported by the New York Times—here.
Date posted: 1/3/2007
Multimedia feature:
dave eggers on air america
The Rachel Maddow Show recently interviewed Voice of Witness series editor Dave Eggers. Dave and Rachel spoke about working on Surviving Justice and Voices from the Storm, future books in the series, and the importance of oral history. Download or stream the whole interview here.
Date posted: 1/3/2007
Spotlight on Voices from the Storm
In
the late summer
of 2005, Hurricane
Katrina ravaged
the Gulf Coast,
leveling entire
cities and leaving
others under
vast amounts
of water. Thousands
of Americans
were stranded
on rooftops
and in dangerous
makeshift shelters.
Stranded
in a city submerged,
the narrators
of Voices
from the Storm
survived the
devastation
brought on by
Hurricane Katrina
only to find
themselves abandoned—and
even victimized—by
their own government.
These thirteen
men and women
of New Orleans
recount, in
astonishing
and heartrending
detail, the
worst natural
disaster in
American history.
Voices
from the Storm
is the second
book in the
Voice of Witness
series.
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