We’re delighted to announce that Voice of Witness has been awarded a $25,000 grant from Amazon.com. With so many crucial projects in the pipeline, this support comes at a great time. We’re honored to be chosen by Amazon.com for their generous and enthusiastic support!
Click here to read more about the grant.
As many of you know, Voice of Witness is in the beginning stages of writing a book illuminating the experiences of incarcerated women in the US. The book will be edited by acclaimed author Ayelet Waldman and is a collaborative project with the organization Justice Now. Currently, we are in the initial stages of interviewing narrators for the book.
This week, volunteer interviewer Claire Kiefer travelled to Alabama to speak with several women prisoners and record their life stories. For Claire, who has worked as a teacher in San Quentin Prison as well as with at-risk youth with incarcerated parents, this was a powerful experience. She writes:
“Yesterday I got up at 5 am and drove to Montgomery, Alabama to meet with two women at the AIM (Aid for Inmate Mothers) center downtown. I prepared my (incredibly futuristic) audio recorder and sat …
The editors of our Burma book, Maggie Lemere and Zoe West recently wrote a piece for the blog Copyblogger.
Visit the site to learn their thoughts on the power of storytelling, human rights in Burma, and more. Click here to read the article.
Voice of Witness is a nonprofit book series that empowers those most closely affected by contemporary social injustice. Using oral history as a foundation, the series depicts human rights crises around the world through the stories of the men and women who experience them. Voice of Witness was founded by author Dave Eggers and physician/
