REPORTBACK: Nov. 27th PSN - Fighting Words: Oral Histories of the New York Sanctuary Movement

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In this Nov. 27th Practitioner Support Network session, Groundswell: Oral History for Social Change hosts Jon Earle and Janice Amaya of the New Sanctuary Coalition in a discussion with participants about oral history with immigrant communities facing deportation proceedings. The PSN also focuses on how use oral histories to create collaborative public facing projects that use theater, public policy research and more.

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REPORTBACK: Oct. 23rd PSN - Sanctuary! With Abbie Arevalo-Herrera and Lana Heath de Martinez

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On October 23, 2018, Abbie Arevalo-Herrera joined Groundswell: Oral History for Social Change for a Practitioner Support Network session on the sanctuary movement and how she took sanctuary in a church in Richmond, Virginia.

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Groundswell Network Boost: Testimony Project in collaboration with New Sanctuary Coalition in New York City seeks to document immigrant stories

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Groundswell: Oral History for Social Change has launched a blog series called “Groundswell Network Boost” to promote the work of projects throughout the country using oral history for social change. This interview with the Testimony Project in collaboration with the New Sanctuary Coalition in New York City discusses the project and its successes as well as the challenges that arise when documenting the voices of immigrants in the United States threatened with deportation.

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